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Identify the correct order of organisation of genetic material from largest to smallest. A Chromosome, Genome, Nucleotide, Gene B Chromosome, Gene, Genome, Nucleotide C Genome, Chromosome, Nucleotide, Gene D Genome, Chromosome, Gene, Nucleotide

Identify the correct order of organisation of genetic material from largest to smallest.

A

Chromosome, Genome, Nucleotide, Gene

B

Chromosome, Gene, Genome, Nucleotide

C

Genome, Chromosome, Nucleotide, Gene

D

Genome, Chromosome, Gene, Nucleotide

 
 
 

Grade:12

2 Answers

Vikas TU
14149 Points
4 years ago
Dear student 
Each genome contains all of the information needed to build and maintain that organism. This is the largest in the given options.
Chromosomes are the threadlike structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells.
The building blocks of nucleic acids are the nucleotides.
Correct ans is option D 
ankit singh
askIITians Faculty 614 Points
4 years ago

 

A genome is an organism's complete set of DNA including all of its genes. Each genome contains all of the information needed to build and maintain that organism. This is the largest in the given options.
Chromosomes are the threadlike structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells.
The building blocks of nucleic acids are the nucleotides.
A gene is the basic physical and functional unit of heredity. Genes are made up of DNA. 
Thus, the correct answer is option (D), 'Genome, chromosome, gene, nucleotide'.

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