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question 14

Multiple Choice

Refer to the figure associated with this question. The mRNA is smaller than the length of the DNA that codes for it because ________.

• A) the regulatory regions (exons) of the gene are not transcribed
• B) post-transcriptional modification removes the introns
• C) post-transcriptional modification removes the exons
• D) bases are added to the tail of the primary transcript

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