Question

What is a gene?

A. a characteristic of any organism
B. a sex cell that aids in organism reproduction
C. a set of instructions in the DNA sequence of an organism
D. any single amino acid in a multicellular organism

Answer 1

C. I got it right on my test

Step-by-step explanation:

A gene is a set of instructions in the DNA sequence of an organism. Genes are located in the chromosomes of each cell and specify the sequence of amino acids in an organism's polypeptides.

Most organisms have two genes for each trait, one on each of the homologous chromosomes in a cell's nucleus.

Answer 2

the answer should be c