Fact 1: Information in an organism 's chromosomes cause genetic traits to be passed down to that organism 's offspring.

Fact 2: Genetics is the study of how traits are passed down, or inherited, from one generation to another.

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


 

       chromosomes  