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GATE 2024 BT – Question 27

Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology · Molecular Biology: Structure of genes and chromosomes, mutations and mutagenesis, regulation of gene expression · 1 mark · Multiple choice

All pseudogenes DO NOT code for a ________.

  1. protein with original function
  2. protein with altered function
  3. RNA with coding sequence
  4. RNA with regulatory function

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Correct answer: (A) protein with original function

Explanation

Pseudogenes are non-functional copies. They cannot make the original functional protein (some are transcribed into regulatory RNAs or give altered products).