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RCMultiple Choice

Unit Test — Cumulative exam

Question 25 • Biology A (The Living Earth A)

Which flow chart correctly organizes the structures of heredity, from least to most complex?

Answer
A
codon ® gene ® DNA ® chromosome
B
gene ® chromosome ® codon ® DNA
C
DNA ® codon ® chromosome ® gene
D
chromosome ® DNA ® gene ® codon

Explanation

A codon is a group of three DNA bases, so it is smaller than a gene. A gene is a section of DNA, and a chromosome is a larger structure made of DNA packaged with proteins and containing many genes. Thus the order from least to most complex is codon, gene, DNA, chromosome: choice A.

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