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what is the functional unit of heredity? gene mrna codon dna i dont know yet
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In biology, the functional unit of heredity is a gene. Genes are segments of DNA that code for a specific trait or function. mRNA (messenger RNA) is involved in protein synthesis, a codon is a sequence of three nucleotides in mRNA that codes for an amino acid, and DNA is the molecule that contains genes but the functional unit of heredity itself is the gene.
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