Question

Splicing is the process where

• A. exons are removed from growing ?RNA strand
• B. introns are removed from growing polypeptide chain
• C. introns are removed from heterogenous nuclear RNA
• D. exons are removed from mRna

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

In splicing, introns (non-coding regions) are removed from heterogenous nuclear RNA and exons (coding regions) are joined to form a mature mRNA.