Which Finding Would Be the Most Plausible

question 30

Multiple Choice

Which finding would be the most plausible?

• A) A pre-RNA strand is longer than the corresponding mature mRNA.
• B) A pre-RNA strand is shorter than the corresponding mature mRNA.
• C) The nucleotides of a pre-RNA strand are in a different order from those of the corresponding mature mRNA.
• D) A mature mRNA strand contains more introns than the corresponding pre-RNA.
• E) Introns scramble the order of genes.

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