I carry traits from parents to child, twist and turn, yet I’m not wild. What am I?
Category: Science · Difficulty: expert
Hint: Think about the basic unit of heredity.
Answer
Genetic code
Explanation
Genes are segments of DNA that determine specific traits passed from parents to offspring.
This is a expert science riddle — one of the harder riddles here. The answer is Genetic code.
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