What is the product of transcription?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. A messenger RNA molecule
- Step 1: RNA polymerase copies a gene into mRNA in the nucleus.
Answer
A messenger RNA molecule.
Why not the others: A polypeptide is the product of translation.
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