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Give the Importance of Chromosomes as Hereditary Material. - Biology

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Give the importance of chromosomes as hereditary material.
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Solution

Chromosomes are the main source of chemical information which determines that the cell should become like its parent cell.

During the developmental stage they also determine that the cells of the organism will give the animal or the plant, the characteristic features of its species.

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Chapter 2: Structure of Chromosomes - Exercise 1 [Page 20]

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Frank Biology [English] Class 10 ICSE
Chapter 2 Structure of Chromosomes
Exercise 1 | Q 13 | Page 20

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