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Heredity units (5 letter answer)

The Answer

GENES

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Notes

The answer GENES is common and appears about once every 200 puzzles.

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Definition

GENE as a noun:

1. (gene, cistron, factor) = (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; "genes were formerly called factors"