Read the sentence from the passage.

Genes, hereditary units that come from parents, reside within the DNA and determine traits that are inherited. (paragraph 2)

Which of the following words could replace reside without changing the overall meaning of this sentence?

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occupy

stay

remain

exist

1 answer

occupy

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