NEET 2016 Biology question

A complex of ribosomes attached to single strand of RNA is known as:

(1)PolysomeCorrect
(2)Polymer
(3)Polypeptide
(4)Okazaki fragment

Answer: (1)

Solution

During translation several ribosomes attach to and move along the same mRNA strand, each making a copy of the polypeptide; this complex of many ribosomes on one mRNA is called a polysome (polyribosome). Hence

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