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)
Each set of instructions is a protein.
Each structure is a gene.
The interlocking bricks are the chromosomes.
The manual is a chromosome.

1 answer

In the context of using a manual for building structures as a model for genetic information, the correct statement would be:

Each structure is a gene.

In this analogy, the manual represents the entire set of genetic information (DNA), while the individual structures built from the interlocking bricks represent specific genes. Each set of instructions (the process you would follow to build a specific structure) corresponds to the information necessary to create a particular protein or trait.