A eukaryotic gene contains two kinds of base sequences. Which of these plays an important role in protein synthesis?

Introns

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Exons

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Both A and B

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is B Exons
Eukaryotic gene has introns and exons. The protein coding part of eukaryotic gene is exon while the gene sequences that are present between exons and do not code for any protein product are called as introns. This makes option A wrong and option B correct.

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