Question

Formation of RNA from DNA is known as :

• A. transcription
• B. translation
• C. replication
• D. recombination

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Formation of RNA from DNA is known as transcription. DNA $\stackrel{\text{ transcription }}{\to }RNA\stackrel{\text{translation}}{\to }$ Protein Transcription involves transfer of genetic information from DNA to m-R-NA.
Translation is the synthesis of a polypeptide in association with a ribosome
and directed by an m-RNA molecule with the help of f-RNA and several highly specific enzymes.
Usually, in case of linked genes or characters, the production of new
combinations of genes or characters not present in the parents of a cross or
generation, involves crossing over, known as recombination.
Replication is the process of production of new copies of a macromolecule by exactly copying the preexisting macromolecule,
e.g., DNA $\to$ DNA or RN $\to$ RNA