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Q.Which of the following is not correct?

(a) Robert Brown discovered the cell
(b) Lipids are not strictly macromolecules
(c) There are some nucleic acids that behave like enzymes. These are called ribozymes
(d) Quiescent stage (Go) is an inactive stage of the cell cycle.
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The incorrect statement is (a): the cell was discovered by Robert Hooke, not Robert Brown.

Robert Hooke (1665) first observed and named 'cells' in a thin slice of cork. Robert Brown (1831) discovered the nucleus. Hence statement (a) is factually wrong. The other statements are correct: lipids, being of comparatively low molecular weight, are not strictly macromolecules; certain catalytic RN …

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