Molecular Basis of Inheritance Question 89

89. DNA replication is

(a) conservative and discontinuous

(b) first member of a codon

(c) second member of a codon

(d) entire codon (b) semiconservative and semi discontinuous

(c) semiconservative and discontinuous

(d) conservative

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Answer : c

Hints & Solution

(c) In semi conservative replication of DNA in each replica one half is the old strand and the other half is a new strand synthesised over it. Also, one strand is synthesised continuously and other discontinuously, hence called discontinuous.