Unit of biological heredity (4)

I believe the answer is:

gene

(Other definitions for gene that I've seen before include "Element of heredity" , "What makes us different" , "Hereditary molecule" , "affects someone's make-up" , "DNA unit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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