A student analyzes a genomic DNA sequence of 100 nucleotides in order to determine if it is part of a gene. When she translates the sequence beginning at the first nucleotide, she finds that the tenth codon is UAA. What should she do next?

A) Tell her professor that the sequence does not represent an exon.
B) Tell her professor that the sequence encodes a peptide with nine amino acids.
C) Translate the sequence in the other five reading frames.
D) Use the genomic DNA to make a cDNA of the sequence.


C) Translate the sequence in the other five reading frames.

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