Class 12 NEET Biology Molecular Basis of Inheritance Questions Part 1

Operon model was given by Jacob and Monod (1961) for regulation of protein synthesis in prokaryotes. In bacteria, the genes that contain the information for assembling the enzymes for a metabolic pathway are usually clustered together on the chromosome in a functional complex called an operon. Regulation of protein synthesis in eukaryotes is explained by gene battery model given by Britten and Davidson.