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Molecular Basis of Inheritance — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYMolecular Basis of Inheritance2 Marks
Question
Differentiate between a cistron and an exon.
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Answer

S. No.
Cistron
Exon
1.
A cistron is a segment of DNA coding for a polypeptide.
Exon is the coding sequence or expressed sequence of DNA/ hnRNA.
2.
It includes both introns and exons.
Only exons appear in a mature or processed mRNA.

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