Question

In which year was the two “gene – one polypeptide” hypothesis put forward?

(a) 1945

(b) 1955

(c) 1965

(d) 1975

The question was posed to me at a job interview.

The question is from Molecular Basis of Immunity topic in section Immune Response of Cell Biology

Answer 1

Correct choice is (c) 1965

For explanation I would say: The “two gene – one polypeptide” hypothesis was put forward in the year 1965 by William Dreyer of the California Institute of Technology and J. Claude Bennett of the University of Alabama.