[IB Biology at GHS: Nucleic Acid Reviews]

16. What special term refers to the sections of messenger RNA (in blue below) that must be cut from and removed from the m-RNA before it is exported out of the nucleus? (Hint: These pieces of RNA are not needed to make a protein during translation.)

A) Exons

B) Introns (In- because they stay in the nucleus)

C) Klingons

D) Wookies

E) Cookies

 

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