The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word GENES which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2012.
Units of heredity crossword clue answers
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| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| GENES | 100 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Units of heredity
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- protoplasm
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- hereditary
- cytogeneticist
- cytogenetics
- familial
- gene
- pangenesis
- rna
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- transmit
Crossword Answer definitions
GENES noun- A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color.
- A segment of DNA or RNA from a cell's or an organism's genome, that may take several forms and thus parameterizes a phenomenon, in general the structure of a protein; locus.
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