Lac operon concept was proposed by

Jacob and Monod in 1961

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Jacob and Monod in 1969

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Watson and Crick in 1953

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Watson and Crick in 1963

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The correct option is B Jacob and Monod in 1961
Jacob and Monod, 1961, proposed operon model to explain induction and suppression of enzyme synthesis based on their studies on inducible system for synthesis of $β$ -galactosidase enzyme in E. coli. Watson and Crick worked on molecular structure of DNA, not on operon; which makes options C and D wrong.

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