What is the relationship between an organism's DNA and its
physical characteristics?

DNA contains the information to make proteins, which carry out all the functions and characteristics of living organisms. DNA carries all of the information for your physical characteristics, which are essentially determined by proteins. So, DNA contains the instructions for making a protein.

information to make proteins, which carry out all the functions andcharacteristics of livingorganisms. DNA carries all of the information for your physical characteristics, which are essentially determined by proteins. So, DNAcontains the instructions for making a protein.

answer; i believe the answer is (polygenic inheritance;

the diploid number of chromosomes is sometimes represented by the symbol 2n. for the fruit fly, the diploid number is 8, which can be written as 2n = 8, where n represents twice the number of chromosomes in a sperm or egg cell.