A Eukaryotic Transcription Unit That Is 8,000 Nucleotides Long May

question 61

Multiple Choice

A eukaryotic transcription unit that is 8,000 nucleotides long may use 1,200 nucleotides to make a protein consisting of approximately 400 amino acids.Which of the following statements best explains this fact?

• A)Many noncoding stretches of nucleotides are present in eukaryotic DNA.
• B)There is redundancy in the genetic code.
• C)Many nucleotides are needed to code for each amino acid.
• D)There are termination exons near the beginning of the mRNA.

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