Biology GCSE
Genes
What Genes means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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Parts of the genome that code for proteins that help build and control the organism and influence the development of characteristics.
Sections of DNA that carry the instructions for characteristics and are passed from parents to offspring.
The genome contains all of these, and it is not just a single one.
Topics that use Genes
- Evidence for evolution (AQA GCSE)
- Variation (AQA GCSE)
- Inheritance (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Environmental change
- Genome
- Phenotype
- scientific acceptance
- Variation
- Alleles
- Antibiotic resistance
- Asexual reproduction
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