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Principles Of Inheritance And Variation

Question
CBSEENBI12002924

The largest gene in man is

  • Insulin gene

  • Tumour suppressor gene

  • Beta globin gene of haemoglobin

  • Dystrophin

Solution

D.

Dystrophin

The largest known gene in human is the dystrophin gene, which has 79 axons spanning at least 2300 kb. The human dystrophin gene requires 16 hours to be transcribed.