NEETBiologyMolecular Basis of InheritanceMCQ+4 / −1
Removal of introns and joining the exons in a
defined order in a transcription unit is called :
- ATransformation
- BCapping
- CSplicing
- DTailing
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Correct answer: C
Splicing is the removal of introns and joining the exons in a defined order in a transcription unit. In molecular biology, splicing is a modification of RNA after transcription, in which introns are removed and exons are joined.
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