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All organisms need instructions to specify their traits. The instructions, or code, that is responsible for all the inherited traits of an
organism
A.is passed from the offspring
B.is formed after an organism
C.is held in genetic material called DNA
D.is stored within the mitochondria of cells
In all organisms, the instructions for specifying the characteristics of the organism are carried in DNA, a large polymer formed from subunits of four kinds (A, G, C, and T).
