If One Strand of a DNA Molecule Has the Sequence

question 61

Multiple Choice

If one strand of a DNA molecule has the sequence of bases 5′-ATTGCA-3′, the mRNA synthesized following the template will be ________.

• A) 5′-TAACGT-3′
• B) 5′-TGCAAT-3′
• C) 3′-UAACGU-5′
• D) 5′-UGCAAU-3′

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Definitions:

Variance

A statistical measure of the dispersion or spread in a set of data points, indicating how much the values differ from the mean of the set.

Variance

A measure of variability that denotes the average of the squared differences from the mean, showing how widely the values in a data set are spread.

Squared Deviations

Values obtained by subtracting the mean from each data point in a set, squaring the result to eliminate negative numbers, used in variance calculation.

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