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It reaches a stop codon on the mRNA molecule

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Amino acids are transferred to the ribosome to be incorporated into a growing polypeptide chain by?

tRNA


The step of translation in which amino acids are added one at a time to the growing polypeptide is?

elongation


How many monomers are added to the growing polypeptide or protein chain in each step?

four


Why must stop codons be present on DNA molecules?

stop codons signify the end of a polypeptide. They're like a period at the end of a sentance.


Will point mutation CAUSE a cell to make an incomplete polypeptide if the mutation results in a stop codon?

Yes it will.