Q.

Select the correct statement.                     [2018]

1 Franklin Stahl coined the term “linkage”.  
2 Punnett square was developed by a British scientist.  
3 Spliceosomes take part in translation.  
4 Transduction was discovered by S. Altman.  

Ans.

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Franklin Stahl along with Matthew Meselson proved semi-conservative mode of replication in DNA. Punnett square was developed by a British geneticist, Reginald C. Punnett. Spliceosome formation is part of post-transcriptional change in eukaryotes. Transduction was discovered by Joshua Lederberg and Norton Zinder in the bacterium Salmonella.