A gene is

A. a DNA sequence that contains the information for producing one type of protein.
B. the collection of all of the protein-encoding DNA sequences on a particular chromosome.
C. an amino acid sequence that contains the information for producing a particular DNA sequence.
D. a structure that contains chromosomes.


Answer: A

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