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Molecular Basis of Inheritance — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYMolecular Basis of Inheritance1 Mark
MCQ
The codons causing chain termination $($stop codons$)$ are:
  • A
    $\text{TAG, TGA}$
  • B
    $\text{GAT, AGT}$
  • C
    $\text{AGT, TAG, UGA}$
  • ✓
    $\text{UAG, UGA, UAA}$
✓

Answer

Correct option: D.
$\text{UAG, UGA, UAA}$
Non$-$sense codons are the codons which does not code for any amino acid. These are found important in terminating translation. For example, $\text{UAA, UAG}$ and $\text{UGA}$.

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