Characteristics are passed from parents to offspring. A gene is a small section of DNA that codes for a characteristic (e.g. eye colour). Alleles are different forms of the same gene, for example ...
Later it was found that the sugar in nucleic acid can be ribose or deoxyribose, giving two forms: RNA and DNA. In 1943, American Oswald Avery proved that DNA carries genetic information.
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