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Molecular Basis of Inheritance — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYMolecular Basis of Inheritance2 Marks
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What is genetic material?
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→ Genetic material is the hereditary substance in the cell.
→ It carries all infomation specific to organism.
→ There are two such genetic material DNA and RNA (Nucleic acid)
→ DNA acts as the genetic material in most of the organisms.
→ RNA though it also acts as a genetic material in some viruses, mostly functions as a messenger. RNA has additional roles as well.
It functions as adapter, structural, and in some cases as a catalytic molecule.

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