What is the difference between an open reading frame (ORF) and a gene?
A) There is no difference.
B) An ORF is a potential gene identified by a potential protein-coding segment in DNA bordered by start and stop codons; a gene is a DNA segment known to produce a product.
C) An ORF is a known gene-containing DNA segment that is shorter than a full-length gene.
D) An ORF may or may not have introns; a gene must have introns.
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