Which finding would be the most plausible?
A) A pre-RNA strand is longer than the corresponding mature mRNA.
B) A pre-RNA strand is shorter than the corresponding mature mRNA.
C) The nucleotides of a pre-RNA strand are in a different order from those of the corresponding mature mRNA.
D) A mature mRNA strand contains more introns than the corresponding pre-RNA.
E) Introns scramble the order of genes.

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Pre-RNA (or precursor mRNA) is longer than mature mRNA because it contains introns, which are non-coding regions that are spliced out during RNA processing to form the mature mRNA.

Which Finding Would Be the Most Plausible