NEET Biology question
A strain of an animal exists in which there is only one nucleolus in the nucleus of each cell instead of the usual two. When such animals are mated, approximately one quarter of the offspring have two nucleoli per nucleus, one half have one nucleolus per nucleus and one quarter have no nucleoli at all. Offspring without nucleoli die about four days after hatching. These offspring die because they do not possess
Answer: (D)
Solution
The nucleolus is the site of ribosomal RNA synthesis and ribosome subunit assembly; offspring lacking nucleoli altogether cannot produce
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