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Agriculture · Q62

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 62

Q62

The 'operon concept' of gene regulation was proposed by

A.
Beadle and Tatum
B.
Jacob and Monod
Answer
C.
Watson and Crick
D.
Muller and Stadler

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
The 'operon concept' of gene regulation was proposed by Jacob and Monod.
Operon Theory is the concept of gene regulation proposed by François Jacob and Jacques Monod (1961).
An operon is a functioning unit of DNA containing a cluster of genes under the control of a single promoter.
The repressor encoded by a regulatory gene binds to the operator and represses the transcription of the operon.