Gujarati
4.Principles of Inheritance and Variation
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A recessive gene is one which

A

Occurs less frequently than a dominant one

B

Occurs only in heterozygotes

C

Produces large amounts of $RNA$

D

Produces very less or no $mRNA$

Solution

(d) A recessive gene is one which is not able to synthesize a functional polypeptide and hence it is not expressed phenotypically,

therefore that part of $DNA$ does not transcribe $mRNA$ or very little of $mRNA.$

Standard 12
Biology

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