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Assertion : In transcription only a segment of DNA and only one of the strands is copied into RNA.
Reason : The process of replication, once set in, duplicates the total DNA os an organism.

A

If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.

B

If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.

C

If assertion is true but reason is false.

D

If both assertion and reason are false.

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`**` In transcription only a segment of DNA and only one of the strands is copied into RNA.
`**` The process of replication, once set in, duplicates the total DNA of an organism.
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