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During the process of translation, mRNA is carried to the ribosome, where it is translated into polypeptides by _____

a) carbohydra te
b) amino acid
C) tRNA
d) DNA

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C. tRNA

The ribosome binds to mRNA at a specific area. The ribosome starts matching tRNA anticondon sequences to the mRNA condom sequence. Each time a new tRNA comes into the ribsome, the amino acid that it was carrying gets added to the elongating polypeptide chain.

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