What is meant by capping and tailing?

Important Questions on Molecular Basis of Inheritance

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Intermediate Second Year Botany>Chapter 10 - Molecular Basis of Inheritance>Questions>Q 16

What is meant by point mutation? Give an example.

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Intermediate Second Year Botany>Chapter 10 - Molecular Basis of Inheritance>Questions>Q 17

Define peptide bond. Why are proteins referred to as polypeptide chains?

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Intermediate Second Year Botany>Chapter 10 - Molecular Basis of Inheritance>Questions>Q 18

What is meant by charging of tRNA? 

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Intermediate Second Year Botany>Chapter 10 - Molecular Basis of Inheritance>Questions>Q 19

What is a regulator and a promoter? 

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Intermediate Second Year Botany>Chapter 10 - Molecular Basis of Inheritance>Questions>Q 20

During DNA replication, why is it that the entire molecule does not open in one go? Explain replication fork.

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Intermediate Second Year Botany>Chapter 10 - Molecular Basis of Inheritance>Questions>Q 21

What is the function of the codon AUG?

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Intermediate Second Year Botany>Chapter 10 - Molecular Basis of Inheritance>Questions>Q 22

Define stop codon. Write the codons.

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Intermediate Second Year Botany>Chapter 10 - Molecular Basis of Inheritance>Questions>Q 23

What is the difference between the template strand and a coding strand in a DNA molecule?