Question

A manual contains instructions for how to build a variety of structures using a set of interlocking bricks. If this scenario is used as a model for genetic information, which statement is correct?(1 point) Responses The interlocking bricks are the chromosomes. The interlocking bricks are the chromosomes. Each structure is a gene. Each structure is a gene. The manual is a chromosome. The manual is a chromosome. Each set of instructions is a protein. Each set of instructions is a protein.

Answer 1

In this scenario, the most accurate statement is: Each structure is a gene.

Here's the reasoning:

• The interlocking bricks represent the nucleotides that make up DNA, which is the basic unit of genetic information.
• The manual represents DNA itself, as it contains the instructions for building structures (organisms).
• Each structure built using the bricks (interlocking elements) represents a gene, which is a specific segment of DNA that codes for a particular protein.
• Each set of instructions is not directly a protein; it's more accurately the process by which proteins are synthesized based on the information in genes.

Thus, the correct interpretation is that "Each structure is a gene."