A gene.
DNA codes for messenger RNA: each DNA nucleotide complementarily hydrogen-bonds with RNA nucleotides. A codon is a segment of three nucleotides in the RNA molecule that carries the code of one amino acid. A codon complementarily and very specifically hydrogen bonds with the anticodon of a tRNA molecule. The amino acids encoded by the messenger RNA join to form a polypeptide chain through a polymerization process.
The segment is referred to as a gene.
gene
Gene
A gene is a DNA sequence that codes for a protein.
a gene is a short segment that controls a trait of an organism
Gene.
A gene is a strand of DNA that codes for a specific trait
The mutated gene codes for a protein that cause a new trait
Gene
A gene is a DNA sequence that codes for a protein.
The mutated gene codes for a protein that cause a new trait
The mutated gene codes for a protein that cause a new trait
DNA > Gene > Amino Acids > Protein > Specialized Cell > Trait
The mutated gene codes for a protein that cause a new trait
a gene is a short segment that controls a trait of an organism
Answer: A gene.
Genes are discrete segments along a DNA molecule that codes for a particular trait. A trait is an observable expression of a gene.
Gene.
A trait is an inherited characteristic of an organism. One example is eye color. When a gene codes for the trait "brown eye color" we mean that the person has proteins in her eyes that are shaped to reflect the brown color. The reason she has those particular proteins is because she has the gene that is the instructions for those specific proteins. So: the gene is the instruction to make the protein that is the expression of the trait.