I hold the keys to traits and fate, my pieces fit together, but I can also mutate. What am I?
Category: Science · Difficulty: expert
Hint: Look into the building blocks of heredity.
Answer
Genes
Explanation
Genes are segments of DNA that determine inherited traits, and mutations can alter their function and expression.
This is a expert science riddle — one of the harder riddles here. The answer is Genes.
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