Principle Of Inheritance And Variation Question 199
Question: Assertion : The bacterial chromosome is called nucleoid. Reason : Nucleus is absent, but chromosomes are similar to eukaryotes.
Options:
A) If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion
B) If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion
C) If the assertion is true but the reason is false
D) If both the assertion and reason are false
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Answer:
Correct Answer: C
Solution:
The bacterial hereditary material is mainly made of spherical to cylindrical structure called nuclear body or nucleoid (genophore).
It is without a limiting membrane and equivalent to a single chromosome of eukaryotes.
It consists of a naked double strand of DNA, that is the DNA is not associated with histone proteins.
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