The genes in an operon are ____

a. each transcribed into individual mRNAs
b. transcribed into a single mRNA transcript
c. controlled by separate promoters
d. transcribed as a single mRNA in prokaryotes, but as individual mRNAs in eukaryotes
e. located at different chromosomal loci


ANSWER: b

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