Question

organisms inherit specific traits and characteristics from their parents. albinism is an inherited disorder that occurs when an organism is unable to produce or distribute melanin. melanin is a substance in the body that helps determine skin color, hair color, and eye color. which is the basic unit of heredity that carries the trait of albinism from parent to offspring? base pairs genes proteins codons

Explanation:

Genes are the basic units of heredity. They are segments of DNA that carry information for specific traits. Base pairs are the building blocks of DNA but not the units of heredity. Proteins are made based on gene instructions but are not the carriers of heredity. Codons are triplets of nucleotides in mRNA that code for amino acids during protein synthesis, not the basic units of heredity.

Answer:

genes