Molecular Basis Of Inheritance Ques 106
106. DNA replication is
(a) conservative and discontinuous
(b) first nucleotide of a codon
(c) second nucleotide of a codon
(d) entire codon (b) semiconservative and semidiscontinuous
(c) semiconservative and discontinuous
(d) conservative
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Answer : c
Hints & Solution
(c) In semi-conservative replication of DNA, each replica contains one half of the old strand and one half of a new strand synthesised over it. Also, one strand is synthesised continuously and the other discontinuously, hence called discontinuous.
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