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Molecular Basis of Inheritance — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Rajasthan BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYMolecular Basis of Inheritance2 Marks
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Retrovirus do not follow central dogma. Comment.
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Answer

Genetic material of retrovirus is RNA. At the time of synthesis of protein, RNA is reverse transcribed to its complementary DNA first, then transcriped to RNA and proteins. Hence, retrovirus are not known to follow central dogma.

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