Which of the following represents the most basic unit responsible for inheritance?

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24 Jul 2024
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Genes are the fundamental units of heredity, carrying the instructions for traits from one generation to the next. While chromosomes are structures that contain many genes, and nucleotides are the building blocks of DNA, the gene itself is the smallest unit that determines inheritance.

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