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What basic unit of heredity is found on segments of DNA and are passed on from parent to offspring?

A. nucleotide
B. gene
C. phosphate molecule
D. deoxyribose sugar

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The correct answer is B / gene

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. In humans, genes vary in size from a few hundred DNA bases to more than 2 million bases. An international research effort called the Human Genome Project, which worked to determine the sequence of the human genome and identify the genes that it contains, estimated that humans have between 20,000 and 25,000 genes.
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That is b- the gene . Genes are passed from parents to baby
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