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Arrange the following numbers from smallest to largest: (A) Nucleotides in a mon

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Question

Arrange the following numbers from smallest to largest: (A) Nucleotides in a monocistronic bacterial mRNA; (B) Nucleotides in a chloroplast tRNA molecule; (C) Nucleotides in the human BRCA1 gene; (D) Nucleotides in the E. coli chromosome; (E) Stop codons in the genetic code; (F) Polypeptides in the bacterial ribosome; (G) Different types of amino acids found in proteins. Do not give the actual numbers requested; just arrange them by size.

Smallest _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ Largest

Explanation / Answer

(C) Nucleotides in the humanBRCA1 gene

(B) Nucleotides in a chloroplast tRNA molecule

(A) Nucleotides in a monocistronic bacterial mRNA

(D) Nucleotides in the E. coli chromosome

(E) Stop codons in the genetic code

(G) Different types of amino acids found in proteins.

(F) Polypeptides in the bacterial ribosome