Select the best answer or answers from the choices given: If DNA has a sequence of AAA, then a segment of mRNA synthesized on it will have a sequence of (a) TTT, (b) UUU, (c) GGG, (d) CCC.

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Select the best answer or answers from the choices given: If DNA has a sequence of AAA, then a segment of mRNA synthesized on it will have a sequence of (a) TTT, (b) UUU, (c) GGG, (d) CCC.

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The nucleotides are formed by crosslinking three chemicals namely orthophosphoric acid (H3PO4), deoxyribose sugar (C5H10O4) in the case of DNA and ribose sugar (C5H10O5) in the case of RNA and a nitrogen base.

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There are four nitrogen bases divided into two groups: purines and pyrimidines.

The two types of purines are adenine or A and guanine or G and two types of pyrimidines are cytosine or C and thymine or T. In the case of RNA in place of thymine or T another pyrimidine known as uracil or U is present. Nucleotide A base pairs with T (U in case of RNA) by forming two hydrogen bonds and C base pairs with G by forming three hydrogen bonds.

DNA sequence –       AAA

mRNA sequence –    UUU

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