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How do you describe gene?​

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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. However, many genes do not code for proteins.
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a unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.

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