Class 12 NEET Biology Molecular Basis of Inheritance Questions Part 1

Split gene are those genes that consist of continuous sequence of nucleotide (coding sequence) interrupted by intervening sequences. Most eukaryotic genes are split as are genes of some animal viruses. The continuous coding sequences are called exons and the intervening non-coding sequence are called introns. These introns are not represented in m RNA transcribed from the gene and are not utilized for the synthesis of proteins.