Sections of dna within a gene that do not encode part of the protein that the gene produces are called :

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Zachary Prince

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13 July, 16:14

Sections of dna within a gene that do not encode part of the protein that the gene produces are called :

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Kody Collins · Answer 1

This is called an intron. An intron is a sequence that is removed during RNA splicing. It's both the DNA sequence inside a gene and the related sequence in an RNA transcript. Introns are found inside the genes of almost every organism, and also inside viruses.