NEET Biology question

Assertion: A single mRNA strand is capable of forming a number of different polypeptide chains. Reason: The mRNA strand has (multiple internal) terminator codons.

(A)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is correct explanation for AssertionCorrect
(B)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is not correct explanation for Assertion
(C)Assertion is True, Reason is False
(D)Assertion is False, Reason is True

Answer: (A)

Solution

A polycistronic mRNA (typical of prokaryotes) can indeed be translated into several different polypeptides, because it contains multiple

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