Answer to Question #287325 in Genetics for Bella

Question

Q.2: The gene for the human protein albumin spans a chromosomal region 25,000 nucleotide pairs (25 kilo-bases, or kb) long from the beginning of the protein-coding sequence to the end of the protein-

coding sequence, but the messenger RNA for this protein is only 2.1 kb long. What do you think accounts

for this huge difference?

Answer 1

The gene for the human protein albumin spans a chromosomal region 25,000 nucleotide pairs (25 kilobases, or kb) long from the beginning