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Segments of DNA, or genes, contain specific sequences that are transcribed as mRNA and translated to produce specific _____________.

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Answer: i think the answer would be proteins, but please dont kill me if it isnt :( im in midle school so we recently covered this.

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dna- transcribed to rna example: AGT- UCA, then you trabslate it, which then turns into specific proteins after being coded by codons (3 nucleotides put together.) hope this helps!

think nucleotide= A or G or C or T

CODES: A codes for T

C 4 G

in RNA, Thymine (T) codes for Uracil (U)

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