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Agriculture · Q478

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 478

Q478

rDNA analysis provides information on

A.
Phylogenetic relationships
Answer
B.
Strain differences
C.
Biotype differences
D.
None of the

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
rDNA analysis provides information on Phylogenetic relationships.
Ribosomal DNA (rDNA) is a DNA sequence that codes for ribosomal RNA. These sequences regulate transcription initiation and amplification and contain both transcribed and non-transcribed spacer segments.
The genes that are responsible for encoding the various sub-units of rRNA are located across multiple chromosomes in humans.