MCAT Question of the Day
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    Q:

    		 A number of genes lie on a DNA fragment with only one promoter at the beginning of the series. During transcription, the RNA polymerase either falls off after completing transcription of a gene or continues to the subsequent gene. Which genes would be transcription in the greatest abundance?
    		 

    A

    		 The genes at the '3 end of the DNA strand

    B

    		 The genes at the '5 end of the DNA strand

    C

    		 The genes in the middle of the DNA strand

    D

    		 All genes would be translated in equal abundance.



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