A scientist is comparing mRNA translation in a mouse cell and a bacterial cell. He notes that translation occurs much more quickly in the bacterial cell. Why?
A. The bacterial cell contains more ribosomes
than the mouse cell.
B. The translation machinery in the mouse
cell is very different from that in the
bacterium.
C. The bacterial genome contains more
introns compared to that of the mouse.
D. The lack of a definitive nucleus and
nuclear membrane in the bacterium means
that translation occurs faster.
E. A mutation likely exists in the RNA
polymerase of the bacterium.
D
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