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Introduction: The organisms reproduce to give rise to their offspring. The parent passes most of its traits to the offspring. These types of traits that are inherited by the offspring from the parent organism are called heritable traits.
Answer to Problem 1RQ
Correct answer: The fundamental unit of heredity is the gene.
Explanation of Solution
Inheritance is a mechanism in which traits of the parents transfer into the offspring of the next generation. It is also called heredity. The functional units of inheritance that are made up of a linear chain of
Thus, a gene is defined as the fundamental unit of inheritance (heredity).
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