AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A gene is the basic physical and functional unit of heredity. Genes are made up of DNA. Some genes act as instructions to make molecules called proteins.

Detailed explanation-2: -A gene, the basic unit of heredity, is a segment of DNA containing all the information necessary to synthesize a polypeptide (protein).

Detailed explanation-3: -The basic unit of heredity passed from parent to child. Genes are made up of sequences of DNA and are arranged, one after another, at specific locations on chromosomes in the nucleus of cells.

Detailed explanation-4: -Genes are the biochemical units of heredity that make up chromosomes, the threadlike coils of DNA.

Detailed explanation-5: -Molecular basis of inheritance involves the study of genes, genetic variations and heredity. It explains how an offspring looks similar to the parents. DNA, RNA and genetic code form the basis of the molecular basis of inheritance. They transmit the hereditary genes from the parents to the offspring.