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What are polypeptides?

Most of the work of making RNA takes place during which process?

Chapter 13: RNA and Protein Synthesis

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Most of the work of making RNA takes place during which process?
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Translation
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What are polypeptides?
Letters that make up the genetic code
Proteins that are made by joining amino acids together
Regions of DNA that have specific base sequences
A type of enzyme
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What is translation?
The decoding of an mRNA message into a protein
DNA that serves as templates to produce complementary RNA
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What is polyploidy?
When an organism has extra sets of chromosomes
Information is transferred from DNA to RNA to protein
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What are mutations?
Heritable changes in genetic information
Chemical agents in the environment
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What is a quality of RNA that DNA does not have?
RNA is found in the nucleus
RNA contains uracil in place of thymine
RNA is generally single-stranded rather than double-stranded
The sugar in RNA is ribose instead of deoxyribose
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What are introns?
The portions that are cut out of RNA and discarded
Proteins that make amino acids
Proteins that are assembled into ribosomes
The remaining pieces of RNA that are spliced back together