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Card 6

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Why are ribosomes found in both the rough ER and in the cytoplasm?

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Card 7

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Before it leaves the nucleus, transcribed mRNA is modified; introns (non-coding sections of DNA) are removed and each end is 'capped'to prevent degradation in the cytoplasm.Explain why introns must be removed.

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Card 8

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Why might introns be present within genes?

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