what is a gene?

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what is a gene?



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What Is a Gene?
Each cell in the human body contains about 25,000 to 35,000 genes, which carry information that determines your traits . Traits are characteristics you inherit from your parents; this means your parents pass some of their characteristics on to you through genes. For example, if both of your parents have green eyes, you might inherit the trait of green eyes from them. Or if your mom has freckles, you might inherit that trait and wind up with a freckled face. And genes aren't just in humans all animals and plants have genes, too.
http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/qa/what_is_gene.html
A gene is a hereditary unit consisting of a sequence of DNA that occupies a specific location on a chromosome and determines a particular characteristic in an organism. Genes undergo mutation when their DNA sequence changes
Genes form chromosomes and have the DNA helix ,the genetic matter from which protein are built.See more at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene
http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/1/concept/
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