HEREDITY
MUTATIONS
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gene
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mutation
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mutagen
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chromosome mutation
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Detailed explanation-1: -The functional segment of DNA is called genes. Gene is the segment of DNA that codes for a functional protein. Genes are inherited from parents to offspring.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: The segments of DNA that code for specific traits are called genes. Chromosomes are large structures made up of DNA and various organizing proteins.
Detailed explanation-3: -A gene is a segment of DNA that contains instructions for building one or more molecules that help the body work. DNA is shaped like a corkscrew-twisted ladder, called a double helix.
Detailed explanation-4: -DNA initially transcribed to messenger RNA, consists of coding sequences which are called as exons which codes for proteins and non-coding sequences which are called as introns.
Detailed explanation-5: -The type of RNA that contains the information for making a protein is called messenger RNA (mRNA) because it carries the information, or message, from the DNA out of the nucleus into the cytoplasm.