Biology A-Level
introns
What introns means in Biology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
Non-coding sequences within a gene, lying between the exons.
Sections within the gene that do not code for amino acids.
Topics that use introns
- DNA, genes and chromosomes (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- alleles
- base sequence
- chromatin
- circular organelle DNA
- crossing over
- degenerate code
- endosymbiotic theory
- functional RNA
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