Guest

What is difference betwewn gene and cistron? If its similar what makes them similar?

What is difference betwewn gene and cistron? If its similar what makes them similar?

Grade:12th pass

1 Answers

Simran Vinaik
askIITians Faculty 1230 Points
6 years ago
A gene is a part of DNA that gets transcribed into an RNA( mRNA, tRNA, rRNA or any other form of rna).

Cistron is a part of mRNA that begins with a start codon, ends with a stop codon and in between these codons lies the series of codon which code for a single polypeptide

Think You Can Provide A Better Answer ?

ASK QUESTION

Get your questions answered by the expert for free