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Item RH026002: Both genes and chromosomes contain hereditary information.

Which of the following contain hereditary information?

  1. Chromosomes and genes
  2. Chromosomes but not genes
  3. Genes but not chromosomes
  4. Neither chromosomes nor genes
Distribution of responses
Answer Choice
Overall
Grades
Gender
Primary Language
 
n = 2551
6–8
n = 1568
9–12
n = 980
Male
n = 1230
Female
n = 1277
English
n = 2251
Other
n = 228
A. 53% 48% 62% 50% 57% 55% 43%
B. 13% 14% 11% 16% 10% 12% 18%
C. 27% 30% 23% 26% 29% 27% 31%
D. 6% 8% 3% 9% 5% 6% 7%