Refer to the figure above. The mRNA is smaller than the length of the DNA that codes for it because _____

A) the regulatory regions (exons) of the gene are not transcribed
B) post-transcriptional modification removes the introns
C) post-transcriptional modification removes the exons
D) bases are added to the tail of the primary transcript


Answer: B

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