Which Statement Defends the Concept That the Term "Gene" Is

question 67

Multiple Choice

Which statement defends the concept that the term "gene" is better defined as a nucleotide sequence that encodes for one or more functional products rather than encoding for one or more functional proteins?

• A)Products of genes include ribonucleotides as well as proteins.
• B)Intron sequences in DNA do not encode proteins.
• C)The genetic code is redundant,therefore the same codon may be encoded by different DNA triplets.
• D)Genes in bacteria are organized as operons that can lead to several protein products.

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