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The ‘S’ in 30S and 50S subunits of ribosome stands for __.

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Svedberg Units represent the sedimentation coefficients of the ribosomal subunits. Sedimentation coefficient is the rate at which a molecule sediments in a solvent. Based on this, the ribosomal subunits have been categorised as 30S and 50S (in prokaryotes) and 40S and 60S (in eukaryotes).

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