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Molecular Basis of Inheritance — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYMolecular Basis of Inheritance5 Marks
Question
Transcription in eukaryotes is more complex process than in prokaryotes. Justify and compare the initiation, elongation and termination in bacterial cells with eukaryotes.
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Answer

Transcription is more complex in eukaryotes due to following reasons:

  1. In prokaryotes only one type of RNA polymerase is involved whereas in eukaryotes three types of RNA polymerases are involved.
  2. For Description of processing of hnRNA involving-introns/ exons/ splicing in eukaryotes and for Description of capping and tailing.

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