Biology: Science for Life with Physiology (5th Edition)
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A gene is the basic functional unit for heredity. Genes are composed of the DNA strands and are located on the chromosomes. Genes are instructions to make the protein by the process of transcription and translation. The location where the gene is placed in the chromosome is termed as the locus of that gene.
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