Gene

Real World Example

Imagine you're trying to find the correct recipe in a massive cookbook to bake your grandmother's famous chocolate chip cookies. Just like each recipe in the cookbook provides specific instructions for a particular dish, a gene is a segment of a chromosome containing the DNA instructions for a specific trait. In this analogy, the cookbook represents the chromosome, the individual recipe is the gene, and the instructions for making cookies are akin to the DNA sequences that determine a specific trait.