Equivalent of a structural gene is

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5.Molecular Basis of Inheritance

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The equivalent of a structural gene is

A

muton

B

cistron

C

operon

D

recon.

(NEET-2016)

Solution

(b) : Cistron (or gene) is a length of $DNA$ that contains the information for coding a specific polypeptide chain or a functional $RNA$ molecule ($i.e.$, transfer $RNA$ or ribosomal $RNA$). Hence, cistron is a unit of function. Currently such a gene is called structural gene.

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