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29Genetics18Genetics is the study of genes and heredity in living organisms and tell us how various featurespassonfromparentstotheirchildren.Itisgenerallyafieldofbiology.Given below are some questions related to genetics. Match them with their answers by writing the correct letters in the circles.a.Deoxyribonucleic acidb.Heredityc.Dominantd.In the cellse.Francis Crick and James Watsonf.Genesg.46h.Fingerprintsi.In the nucleusj.Gregor Johann MendelThere were some ancient viruses that used to infect humans. Today, 8% of human DNA is actually made of those ancient viruses.File-O-FactWhat is passing of genes from parents to children called?How many chromosomes are there in humans?Which scientist gave the Laws of Inheritance?What do you call a gene that shows the characteristics of another gene?In which part of our body are genes found?What is dissimilar in a pair of identical twins?Who discovered the structure of DNA?What are those strings of instructions called that build our body and instruct it how to work?Where is DNA stored in the body?What is the full form of DNA?14710258369