Which of the Following Two Terms Relate Most Closely to Split

Question

Which of the following two terms relate most closely to split genes?
A) 5′-cap, 3′-poly-A tail
B) introns, exons
C) elongation, termination
D) transcription, translation
E) heteroduplex, homoduplex

Accepted Answer

Split genes refer to genes that have their coding sequence (exons) interrupted by non-coding sequences (introns). Therefore, the term that relates most closely to split genes is "introns" and "exons" (option B).