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The process of copying genetic information from one strand of DNA to RNA is termed as ________ .

A

replication

B

transcription

C

translation

D

reverse transcription

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(b) : The process of copying genetic information from one strand of the DNA into RNA is termed as transcription. Unlike the process of replication, which once sets in , the total DNA of an organism gets duplicated , in transcription only a segment of DNA and only one of the strands is copied into RNA.
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