Gene and cistron words are sometimes used synonymously as [2001] (a) one cistron contains many genes (b) one gene contains many cistron (c) one gene contains one cistron (d) one gene contains no cistron
Option C Cistron is defined as DNA segment that carries the genetic code for a single polypeptide and therefore functions as a hereditary unit. Since, each gene specify a specific polypeptide, each gene is said to contain one cistron.
