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In DNA, adenine pairs with
The complementary strand to GGA is
Transcription produces
Translation happens at the
Common mistakes
- A does not pair with C. Mixing the pairs wrecks replication and protein-synthesis questions.
- Translation is not "the DNA turns into a protein". DNA is copied to mRNA; the protein is a different molecule.
- Mutations are not a response to antibiotics. The antibiotic selects resistant bacteria that already appeared by chance.
- Living on different islands is not speciation until they cannot produce fertile offspring. Isolation is the start, not the definition of a species.
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