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?Responses

The manual is a chromosome.
The manual is a chromosome.

The interlocking bricks are the chromosomes.
The interlocking bricks are the chromosomes.

Each set of instructions is a protein.
Each set of instructions is a protein.

Each structure is a gene.

Pick one

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The correct statement is: The manual is a chromosome.

In this analogy, the manual contains the overall instructions (the genetic information), much like how a chromosome contains a set of genes (the instructions for building proteins).