What Is an Open Reading Frame

question 46

Multiple Choice

What is an open reading frame?

• A) the nucleotides between and including a start codon and an end codon in all chromosomes
• B) the nucleotides between and including a start codon and an end codon, minus the introns
• C) the nucleotides between and including a start codon and an end codon, minus the exons
• D) the nucleotides between a start codon and end codon only in prokaryotes

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