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A eukaryotic gene was inserted into the dna of a bacterium. the bacterium then transcribed this gene into mrna and translated the mrna into protein. the protein produced was useless; it contained many more amino acids than the protein made by the eukaryotic cell. why?

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The mRNA was not spliced as it is in eukaryotes.
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