You are presented with the question "how traits are passed down, or inherited, is found in information in an organism's what?" and the following answer choices: 
- Species
 - messengers
 - hair follicles
 - cycles
 - skin cells
 - Endocrine system
 - chromosomes
 - proteins

Now knowing that information in an organism 's chromosomes cause genetic traits to be passed down to that organism 's offspring and genetics is the study of how traits are passed down, or inherited, from one generation to another, choose the best answer.


 

       chromosomes  