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    This document defines key genetic terms such as heredity, inheritance, nucleic acids, DNA, RNA, nucleotides, chromosomes, and genes. It explains that heredity is the biological process by which parents pass genes to offspring, while inheritance is how offspring acquire characteristics from parents. Nucleic acids like DNA and RNA contain genetic information and instructions for development, with DNA storing instructions in cells and RNA playing various roles in gene expression. Nucleotides, chromosomes, and genes are all components of genetic material.

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    GENETIC: Heredity is a biological process whereby a parent passes certain genes onto


    their children or offspring
    INHERITANCE:  is the process by which an offspring cell or organism acquires or
    becomes predisposed to characteristics of its parent cell or organism.
    NUCLEIC ACID:  is a chain of nucleotides which stores genetic information
    in biological systems
    DNA:  is a molecule that contains the instructions an organism needs to develop, live and
    reproduce
    RNA: is a polymeric molecule essential in various biological roles in coding, decoding,
    regulation and expression of genes
    NUCLEOTIDES:  consists of a base (one of four chemicals: adenine, thymine, guanine,
    and cytosine) plus a molecule of sugar and one of phosphoric acid.

    CHROMOSOME: The small bodies in the nucleus of a cell that carry the chemical
    “instructions” for reproduction of the cell

    GENE: is the basic physical and functional unit of heredity. Genes are made up of DNA

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