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Agriculture · Q461

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 461

Q461

The smallest unit of genetic material that can not be divided but is interchangeable among units refers to

A.
Cistron
B.
Muton
C.
Recon
Answer
D.
Plasmon

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
The smallest unit of genetic material that cannot be divided but is interchangeable among units refers to Recon.
A term coined by Seymour Benzer for the smallest recombinable unit within a cistron.
A region of a gene within which there can be no crossing-over; now known to be a single nucleotide pair that is Recon.