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Molecular Basis Of Inheritance

Question
CBSEENBI12002725

The two polynucleotide chains in DNA are

  • parallel

  • discontinuous

  • antiparallel

  • semiconservative

Solution

C.

antiparallel

In 1953 James Watson and Francis Crick suggested that in a DNA molecule there are two polynucleotide chains arranged antiparallel or in opposite directions.