Operon model was proposed by
(A)Watson and Crick
(B) Nirenberg
(C) Jacob and Monad
(D) none of these
Operon model was proposed by
(A)Watson and Crick
(B) Nirenberg
(C) Jacob and Monad
(D) none of these

The correct answer is ( c) Jacob and Monod.
The lac operon is an operon in Escherichia coli and other bacteria that is responsible for lactose transport and metabolism. Francois Jacob and Jacque Monad first described the mechanisms of regulation of expression of genes responsible for coding the involved enzymes while working on an inducible system for synthesis of beta-galactosidase enzyme in E. coli. An operon, according to the model, is made up of operator and structural genes. The operator gene controls the expression of structural genes by providing a binding site for transcription factors, which in turn control gene expression by altering RNA polymerase binding to the promoter region.