Question

e) insulin

• what is a gene?

a) a type of eukaryotic cell
b) a type of animal cell
c) an organelle that houses dna
d) a type of prokaryotic cell
e) a unit of heredity

Explanation:

A gene is defined as a unit of heredity. It contains the instructions for making proteins or functional RNA molecules. Eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells are types of cells, not genes. Animal cells are a subset of eukaryotic cells. The organelle that houses DNA is the nucleus (in eukaryotes) or the nucleoid region (in prokaryotes), not a gene.

Answer:

E. a unit of heredity