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Agriculture · Q792

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 792

Q792

Self splicing introns are found in

A.
tRNA genes
B.
rRNA genes
Answer
C.
Structural genes
D.
All of these

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Self-splicing introns are found in rRNA genes.
Self-splicing occurs for rare introns that form a ribozyme, performing the functions of the spliceosome by RNA alone.
The Tetrahymena pre-rRNA self-splicing intron is shown to function in the unnatural context of an mRNA transcribed by RNA polymerase II in mammalian cells.