PATHOLOGY MCQ
GENETICS AND DISEASE
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Question
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All organisms need instructions to specify their traits. The instructions, or code, that is responsible for all the inherited traits of an organism
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is formed after an organism is fully grown.
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is held in genetic material called DNA.
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is stored within the mitochondria of cells.
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is passed from the offspring to the parent.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Deoxyribonucleic acid (abbreviated DNA) is the molecule that carries genetic information for the development and functioning of an organism. DNA is made of two linked strands that wind around each other to resemble a twisted ladder-a shape known as a double helix.
Detailed explanation-2: -DNA is a set of instructions that specifies the traits of an organism. Information in the DNA molecule is divided into segments (called genes).
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