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?

Question

1.) The manual is a gene.
2.) The manual is a chromosome.
3.) Each set of instructions is a protein
4.)Each structure is a gene.​

Answer 1

In the context of using a manual for building structures as a model for genetic information, the most appropriate analogy would be:

2.) The manual is a chromosome.

In this analogy:

• The manual contains a collection of instructions, similar to how a chromosome contains a set of genes.
• Each specific set of instructions for building a structure could represent a gene, as genes provide the specific instructions for making proteins, which in turn are responsible for various functions in the organism.
• Thus, while the manual (chromosome) contains many instructions (genes), each completed structure would not fit the definitions provided in the other options.