Q23 - Gene Size, Introns and mRNA Analysis
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a. The average size of introns is directly proportional to the size of the gene.
b. The dystrophin gene has the longest introns with an average size of about 40 kb.
c. On translation, the albumin gene produces about 100 amino acids less than the phenylalanine hydroxylase gene.
d. The average intron size of collagen is about 25 times smaller than that of insulin.