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Imagine that a chromosome was compared to a novel. What could a gene be compared to?

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Chromosomes are made up of "genes".

So for this example, if the chromosome is a novel, then the gene would be the chapters. Note that the genes are also made up of DNA, which would then be seen as the words.

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