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the nucleic acid molecules that actually deliver amino acids to the ribosome where translation occurs are the
options: transfer rna molecules, ribosomal rna molecules, the coding strand of dna, messenger rna molecules, i dont know yet
Brief Explanations
To solve this, we recall the roles of different nucleic acid molecules in translation:
- Transfer RNA (tRNA) molecules are responsible for bringing amino acids to the ribosome during translation.
- Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) is a component of the ribosome itself, not for delivering amino acids.
- The coding strand of DNA is not directly involved in delivering amino acids to the ribosome (it's involved in transcription).
- Messenger RNA (mRNA) carries the genetic code from DNA to the ribosome, but it doesn't deliver amino acids.
So the correct option is transfer RNA molecules.
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A. transfer RNA molecules