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General Knowledge · Q23

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Competitive Exams · General Knowledge · question 23

Q23

The inherited traits of an organism are controlled by

A.
RNA molecules
B.
nucleotides
C.
DNA molecules
Answer
D.
enzymes

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
The inherited traits of an organism are controlled by DNA molecules.
The traits an organism displays are ultimately determined by the genes it inherited from its parents, in other words by its genotype. Animals have two copies of all their chromosomes, one from each parent.