NEET Biology question

Plasmids are extrachromosomal circular DNA molecules:

(A)Which have their own point of replication and can replicate independentlyCorrect
(B)Which have their own point of replication but cannot replicate independently
(C)Which do not have their own point of replication and cannot replicate independent of bacterial chromosomal DNA
(D)None of the above

Answer: (A)

Solution

Options (b) and (c) contradict the defining autonomous nature of plasmids, whereas plasmids are characterised precisely by possessing

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