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NEET UG BIOLOGY MCQ: MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE

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A naturally occurring coding strand composed of alternating C and U residues would result
in the formation of
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Correct option: A
A polypeptide containing either leu or ser residues
Option B is correct because alternating C and U residues in the coding strand (CU CU CU...) would correspond to alternating G and A residues in the template strand (GA GA GA...). This would result in codons CUC and UCU, which code for leucine and serine, respectively.

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