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Item RH026001: Both genes and DNA molecules contain hereditary information.

Which of the following contain hereditary information?

  1. Genes and DNA molecules
  2. Genes but not DNA molecules
  3. DNA molecules but not genes
  4. Neither genes nor DNA molecules
Distribution of responses
Answer Choice
Overall
Grades
Gender
Primary Language
 
n = 3442
6–8
n = 1996
9–12
n = 1446
Male
n = 1627
Female
n = 1740
English
n = 3051
Other
n = 320
A. 62% 59% 66% 58% 66% 62% 61%
B. 19% 20% 17% 20% 18% 19% 19%
C. 13% 13% 12% 15% 11% 12% 13%
D. 7% 8% 5% 7% 6% 6% 7%