HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Question
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A ____ is the small section of a chromosome that controls hereditary characteristics.
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genotype
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phenotype
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gene
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dna
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A gene is a segment of DNA that carries information from parents to children and determines the heredity characters in the offspring.
Detailed explanation-2: -Genes are segments of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) that contain the code for a specific protein that functions in one or more types of cells in the body.
Detailed explanation-3: -Chromosomes are structures within cells that contain a person’s genes. Genes are contained in chromosomes, which are in the cell nucleus. A chromosome contains hundreds to thousands of genes.
Detailed explanation-4: -The genotype is the collection of alleles that determine characteristics and can be expressed as a phenotype .
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