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Molecular Basis of Inheritance — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYMolecular Basis of Inheritance2 Marks
Question
Structural genes may be monocistronic or polycistronic. Bring out the differences between the two.
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Answer

  1. Monocistronic RNA:
  • It is the length of RNA which has information to code for one polypeptide; it is found mostlyin eukaryotes.
  1. Polycistronic RNA:
  • It is a long mRNA, which has information to code for more than one polypeptide; it is found in prokaryotes.

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