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if part of a gene had the base sequence tgccat, what would be the base sequence of the corresponding mrna?

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Answer: ACGGUA

Explanation: In mRNA, Adenine goes to Uracil and Cytosine goes to Guanine.

If it was asked to translate the DNA base sequence, Adenine would normally correspond with Thymine.

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