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Structural unit of a gene is called as (a) cistron (b) recon (c) muton (d) codon |
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Answer» The STRUCTURAL unit of a gene is called codon. It is a three NUCLEOTIDE sequence which forms a part of the gene and specifies a particular amino acid to be INCORPORATED against it during translation.The other options given are- recon, muton and cistron.Cistron is the FUNCTIONAL unit, whereas muton refers to a MUTATION unit and recon represents a recombination unit of a gene. |
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