C. living things respond to stimuli in the environment
Answer:
there must be large numbers of free amino acids present in the cytoplasm
Explanation:
<em>In order for translation to occur, </em><em>there must be a large number of free amino acids in the cytoplasm.</em>
<u>These free amino acids are usually carried by the transfer RNA which also carries the corresponding mRNA codon.</u>
During translation, as the codons in the mRNA match their complements in the tRNA, the amino acid being carried by the tRNA is released and a peptide bond is formed between subsequent amino acids until the required polypeptide bond is formed.
Translation and transcription only occur simultaneously in prokaryotic cells where there is no barrier between the cell's genetic materials and the cytoplasm, unlike in eukaryotic cells where the genetic materials are housed in the membrane-bound nucleus.
The number of chromosomes does not correlate with the apparent complexity of an animal or a plant:
in humans, for example, the diploid number is 2n = 46 (that is, 23 pairs), compared with 2n = 78, or 39 pairs, in the dog and 2n = 36 (18) in the common earthworm.
