Multiple choice

Where does transcription take place?

  1. In the golgi apparatus

  2. On a ribosome

  3. In the nucleus

  4. In the cytoplasm

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C Correct answer
Explanation

In eukaryotic cells, genomic DNA is housed inside the nucleus, which is where transcription (the copying of DNA into mRNA) must take place. Translation then occurs in the cytoplasm on ribosomes.