Determine whether the following statement is true or false: Because introns are largely genetic junk, they do not need to be removed with any degree of precision during RNA splicing.

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Anton Nguyen

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15 February, 02:49

Determine whether the following statement is true or false: Because introns are largely genetic junk, they do not need to be removed with any degree of precision during RNA splicing.

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Brielle Watts · Answer 1

False

Explanation:

Introns need to be removed precisely because the reading frame will be shifted if removed even single nucleotide too many or leaving an intronic nucleotide in the spliced mRNA.

Extra amino acids will be inserted if large pieces of introns are left in the mature messenger RNA.

In both cases, aberrant protien will be produced if the RNA splicing is not precise, hence they are needed to be removed by precision.