The segments of DNA that code for specific traits is genes. Genes are linearly distributed parts of chromosomal DNA.
A gene is a physical and functional unit of inheritance, which transmits a hereditary message from generation to generation, and makes up the entire body of DNA needed to synthesize a single protein or a single RNA molecule.
Genes are strung along chromosomes.
Thus, option "A" is correct.
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