Griffiths and Sterelny's 'informational gene' concept distinguishes developmental resources by their capacity to carry heritable phenotypic information, a role molecular sequence uniquely fulfills.

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Developmental resources(as the broader category being distinguished): Any material or instruction that helps build an organism as it grows—this can include genes, proteins, nutrients, or even environmental factors.
Griffiths and Sterelny(as the originators of the concept being discussed): Two contemporary philosophers of biology who study how traits get passed down and what counts as genetic information; they developed new ideas about what makes something truly 'genetic.'
Heritable(as a requirement for cultural traits to be selected): Able to be passed down from one generation to the next, the way parents pass genes to children or one generation teaches skills to the next.
Informational gene(as the core concept of the statement): A way of defining a gene based on whether it carries instructions that reliably affect what an organism looks like or how it behaves across generations.

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