Question

What is the property of inosine?

(a) Having narrow range of pairing capabilities

(b) Having a broad range of pairing capabilities

(c) The pairing capability is the same as the normal nucleotides

(d) It is abbreviated as A

This question was posed to me during an online interview.

The above asked question is from Primers in section Polymerase Chain Reaction of Genetic Engineering

Answer 1

The correct answer is (b) Having a broad range of pairing capabilities

For explanation I would say: It is having a broad range of pairing capabilities and thus can be used in order to have less amount of uncertainty.