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The differences between genotype and phenotype.

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Genes are the units of inheritance that contain information for the synthesis of a polypeptide. Genes are composed of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) which is a polymer of nucleotides. The sequence of nucleotides controls the expression of the gene. Diploid organisms contain two sets of chromosomes.

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