NEET Solved Paper 2018 Question 15
Question: Select the correct statement [NEET - 2018]
Options:
A) Spliceosomes take part in translation
B) Punnett square was developed by a British scientist
C) Franklin Stahl coined the term ??linkage??
D) Transduction was discovered by S. Altman
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Answer:
Correct Answer: B
Solution:
- Spliceosomes are involved in the process of splicing during RNA processing, not translation.
- The Punnett square, a tool used to predict the outcome of genetic crosses, was developed by the British geneticist Reginald Punnett.
- The term “linkage” was coined by Thomas Hunt Morgan, not Franklin Stahl.
- Transduction, a process of gene transfer in bacteria, was discovered by Joshua Lederberg and Norton Zinder, not S. Altman.
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