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Where does transcription take place?

where does translation take place
which one happens first? ​

Where does transcription take place? where does translation take place which one happens-example-1

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In eukaryotes, transcription takes place in the nucleus first, and then translation takes place in the cytoplasm at free and membrane-bound ribosomes.

In prokaryotes, transcription and translation both occur in the cytoplasm and simultaneously.

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