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Question
Hereditary characters are transferred from parents to offspring by ______ hence they are said to be structural and functional units of heredity.
Options
Inheritance
sexual reproduction
asexual reproduction
chromosomes
DNA
RNA
gene
Solution
Hereditary characters are transferred from parents to offspring by gene, hence they are said to be structural and functional units of heredity.
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