NEET 2009 · Class 12

Molecular Basis of Inheritance

What is not true for genetic code?

  1. (A)It is nearly universal.
  2. (B)It is degenerate.
  3. (C)It is unambiguous.
  4. (D)A codon in m RNA is read in a noncontiguous fashion.

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

The codon is read in mRNA in a contiguous fashion.

Chapter
Molecular Basis of Inheritance
Section
5.6 GENETIC CODE
Page
17
Words matched
10 of 10

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How this line gives the answer

0, emb=0.9428, combined=0.9657). Verified: high — The span directly states 'The codon is read in mRNA in a contiguous fashion,' which conclusively proves that option D ('A codon in m RNA is read in a noncontiguous fashion') is false.

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