From Which Part of Africa Did the Majority of Slaves

question 124

Multiple Choice

From which part of Africa did the majority of slaves who were brought to the Caribbean come?

• A) West Africa
• B) South Africa
• C) East Africa
• D) North Africa
• E) the Horn of Africa

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Operator

A segment of DNA to which a repressor protein binds, regulating the expression of genes by blocking the attachment of RNA polymerase to the promoter region.

RNA Polymerase

An enzyme that synthesizes RNA from a DNA template, essential for the transcription phase of protein synthesis.

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Regulatory mechanisms in gene expression that control the rate and timing of protein synthesis from mRNA.

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Cellular structures where proteins are synthesized, reading mRNA sequences and assembling amino acids into proteins based on genetic instructions.