According to the Operations Profile at the Beginning of Supplement

question 77

Multiple Choice

According to the operations profile at the beginning of Supplement 3,Manchester in England ______.

• A)is the smallest city in England
• B)has a population of nearly 2 million people in the metro and surrounding areas
• C)has one of the busiest airports in England
• D)is best known for its bobsled team

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Definitions:

Phenotypic Traits

Observable characteristics of an organism, which result from the interaction of its genotype with the environment.

MicroRNAs

Small non-coding RNA molecules that play a role in regulating gene expression by binding to and silencing target mRNAs.

Transcription

Transcription is the process that takes place when RNA polymerase reads a coding sequence of DNA and produces a complementary strand of RNA, called messenger RNA (mRNA).

Translation

Translation is the process that takes place when a strand of mRNA is decoded by a ribosome to produce a protein.