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Which best describes how scientists found the human gene that makes insulin?

Which best describes how scientists found the human gene that makes insulin?
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Which best describes how scientists found the human gene that makes insulin?

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they used the amino acid code to find the dna base sequence.


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Scientists worked  backwards by looking into the amino acid sequence to determine the DNA base. They started with the mRNA which transcribes the codon into respective amino acids. This human gene is found on top of chromosome 11 in human DNA.
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