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Molecular Basis of Inheritance — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYMolecular Basis of Inheritance3 Marks
Question
Differentiate between a template strand and coding strand of DNA.
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Answer

S. No Role/ Strand Template strand Coding strand
(i) Function Codes for the protein molecule. Does not code for anything.
(ii) Polarity 3′ → 5′ 3′ → 5′

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