Question

the length of a DNA sequence is ____ than the mature mRNA transcribed from it, because ____a) shorter; it does not contain exonsb) equal; it was transcribed from the DNA sequencec) shorter; it does not contain exonse) equal; it does contain base pairs

Answer 1

The mRNA is the transcript of a region of the DNA, not the whole DNA, therefore it is smaller than the DNA. It also does not contain exons.

Therefore, the correct answer is: