Prokaryotic Genes are Colinear with Their Proteins, but This Is

Question

Prokaryotic genes are colinear with their proteins, but this is not true for most eukaryotic genes
A) True
B) False
C) It is unknown at this time

Accepted Answer

While prokaryotic genes are colinear with their proteins, meaning that the sequence of nucleotides in the DNA corresponds directly to the sequence of amino acids in the resulting protein, this is not always true for eukaryotic genes due to post-transcriptional modifications such as alternative splicing and RNA editing. Therefore, most eukaryotic genes are not colinear with their proteins.