The non protein coding regions in DNA are known as whereas the protein coding regions are known as .

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The correct option is B introns
Introns are the regions of DNA that do not code for proteins. Whereas the regions of DNA that do code for proteins are known as exons.

Eukaryotic cells usually have introns in between the exons in their DNA sequences.

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