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.

image of an albino alligator

which is the basic unit of heredity that carries the trait of albinism from parent to offspring?

• base pairs
• genes
• proteins
• codons

Explanation:

In biology (a subfield of Natural Science), genes are the basic units of heredity. They carry the information for traits (like albinism) from parents to offspring. Base pairs are part of DNA structure, proteins are products of gene expression, and codons are triplets of nucleotides in mRNA. So the unit carrying the albinism trait is a gene.

Answer:

genes (assuming the options are "base pairs", "genes", "proteins", "codons" as inferred from the context, and the correct option is the one labeled with "genes")