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The process of the transmission of traits from parents to offspring is called __.
heredity
The science involved in studying heredity — how traits are transferred, manipulated, and undergo variations — is called __.
genetics
Genes are units of inherited information or __.
organisms
Genes contain information which code for __ that control the specific characteristics of an organism.
proteins
Genes can be found in certain regions of the __ (deoxyribonucleic acid) that control hereditary information.
DNA
DNA is a long chain of __ containing information about an organism's traits.
nucleotides
The genetic material in DNA is wound up in a structure of condensed material called __.
chromosome