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BiologyMolecular Basis of Inheritance

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DNA as the Genetic Material, DNA Replication, Transcription and the board questions built on them — roughly 10 marks of the paper.

What this chapter covers

1DNA as the Genetic Material
2DNA Replication
3Transcription
4Genetic Code and Translation
5Lac Operon
6Human Genome Project

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In the notes

Topics covered

01DNA as the Genetic Material19:01
02DNA Replication30:40
03Transcription26:34
04Genetic Code and Translation14:07
05Lac Operon16:02
06Human Genome Project15:24

After this chapter you can

Explain dna as the genetic material without reading from the book
Present dna replication in the format the marking scheme rewards
Attempt every previous year question set on this chapter

Marks: 10
PYQs: 15
Video: 2h 2m

Then do the work

Practice

Important questions: 27
Board questions: 25
Numericals & applications: 9

Open practice set

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Board appearances of Molecular Basis of Inheritance by year
Year	Asked as	Marks
2025	Long answer	4
2024	MCQ set	8
2023	Case based	12
2022	Short answer	4
2021	Long answer	8

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