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What is wrong with the following piece of mRNA? TACCAGGATCACTTTGCCA Multiple Choice O It contains A. O It does not include an equal number of As and Ts. O It does not include an equal number of Gs and Cs. O It contains T and not U. What is wrong with the following piece of mRNA? TACCAGGATCACTTTGCCA Multiple Choice O It contains A. O It does not include an equal number of As and Ts. O It does not include an equal number of Gs and Cs

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The following piece of mRNA "TACCAGGATCACTTTGCCA" contains thymine (T) instead of uracil (U). RNA is composed of four nitrogenous bases. Adenine (A) Cytosine (C) Uracil (U) Guanine (G) Uracil is a pyrimidine structurally analogous to thymine, another pyrimidine found in DNA. Thymine is replaced by uracil i