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I believe the answer is:

gene

(Other definitions for gene that I've seen before include "Bodily factor controlling heredity" , "Vincent" , "Hereditary unit on chromosome" , "Biological factor determining heredity" , "A segment of DNA" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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