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The lac operon is an example of

1. arabinose operon
2. inducible operon
3. repressible operon
4. overlapping genes

Correct answer: inducible operon

Solution

The lac operon is usually off and becomes active when lactose is present, so it is turned on by an inducer. That makes it an inducible operon, not a repressible one.

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