Biology 2010 Student Edition

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 9780133669510
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Chapter 12, DNA - Assessment - 13.1 RNA - Understand Key Concepts/Think Critically - Page 386: 7

Answer

If the introns were not excised and, instead, were read as exons, the resulting protein would not be the correct protein coded for by the mRNA had the introns been excised.

Work Step by Step

If the introns were not excised and, instead, were read as exons, the resulting protein would not be the correct protein coded for by the mRNA had the introns been excised. We might end up with a protein with extra amino acids, turning the protein into a different protein than the cell needed to produce.
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