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Unit Of Biological Inheritance Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is GENE which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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noun

• (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity

28%14 System of inheritance in which the lastborn receives the entirety of the inheritance
noun

• A system of inheritance in which the youngest son or youngest child inherits an estate.

27%4Biological unit with a nucleus
noun

• any small compartment

• (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals

• a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction

• a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement

• a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver

• small room in which a monk or nun lives

• a room where a prisoner is kept

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