Question

8. What is gene and where is it found ? Give its function.

Answer 1

Answer:

A gene is the basic physical and functional unit of heredity. Genes are made up of DNA. Some genes act as instructions to make molecules called proteins. However, many genes do not code for proteins

Answer 2

Gene is the basic heredity molecule which is made up of alleles.

Explanation:

• Genes are structures on chromosomes which contain segments of DNA. Each homologous chromosome contains an allele of the correspondent allele pair.

• The genes are found in the chromosomes. Each gene has a specific location on the chromosome which is known as its loci.

• The main function of the gene is that it is responsible for the particular genotype and phenotype of each organism.