2007-01-09 04:41:15 · 3 answers · asked by ponyboy 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Neither...it is called replication.
2007-01-09 04:50:04 · answer #1 · answered by teachbio 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Translation is the process making mRNA (messenger RNA) from DNA.
This is where the DNA is 'unzipped', and mRNA molecules that line up along the exposed bases according to base pairing rules, and form an RNA chain that matches (according to base pairing) the DNA.
You could also refer to this as mRNA synthesis.
Translation is where the mRNA leaves the nucleus and goes to the ribosomes on the endoplasmic reticulum where the mRNA molecules are matched up to amino acids. The amino acids all have a codon (3 base sequence) attached to them, and they order themselves according to the mRNA sequence to form a functional protein.
Transcription is like copying something out of a book in a foreign language, whereas translation turns the foreign words (mRNA) into something you can understand and us.
Neither is DNA sysnthesis, which happens in a variety of ways.
2007-01-09 13:14:52 · answer #2 · answered by Stardust 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None of these it is called replication.
Transcription is synthesis of mRNA
Translatuion is synthesis of polypeptides
2007-01-09 13:34:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋