When an open reading frame (ORF) is identified, it may not actually correspond to the amino acid sequence of any polypeptide in the cell. Why not?
A) The DNA may not be transcribed into RNA.
B) It may contain one or more stop codons in the middle.
C) The ORF could be due to chance.
D) The amino acid sequence may not match any known sequence.
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