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Genetics Unit Test

A manual contains instruct 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?
A: each set of instructions is a protein
B: the manual is a chromosome
C: each structure is a gene.
D: the interlocking bricks are the chromosomes.

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

B: the manual is a chromosome.

Explanation:

  • In this model, the manual contains the instructions (akin to genetic information) for building various structures. In genetics, chromosomes carry the genetic information (DNA) that contains the instructions for building and operating an organism.
  • Structures being built could represent the traits or characteristics influenced by genes, but the manual itself (the collection of instructions) more closely parallels what we understand chromosomes to be in biological terms.