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By which of the following term can the functional segments of DNA be defined

  1. Genes

  2. Chromosomes

  3. Chromatin

  4. Chromatids

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Genes are specific, functional segments of DNA that code for particular proteins or traits. Chromosomes are structures containing DNA and proteins, chromatin is the complex of DNA and proteins, and chromatids are duplicated chromosome copies. Only genes represent functional DNA segments.

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