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What of the following is false for a gene?

(a) They are called factors

(b) It is a unit of heredity

(c) A segment of DNA

(d) The sex of a yeast cell

I had been asked this question in an international level competition.

The above asked question is from Brewing Yeast in chapter Brewing Yeast of Fermentation Technology

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Right answer is (d) The sex of a yeast cell

The best I can explain: Genes are the factors which are responsible for controlling traits or characters in an organism. It is a unit of heredity. Basically, the gene is a segment of DNA coding for a polypeptide chain.

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