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The complete set of genetic information in a cell is called the . contain short, circular DNA, but the genetic information in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells is found as chromosomes, long DNA molecules wound around proteins called . At different positions on chromosomes (called ) there are genes, which code for the amino acid sequence of a polypeptide or a functional . Every three bases codes for a specific amino acid, and most of the amino acids are coded for by more than one triplet, so the genetic code is described as .
Some of the genetic information found in eukaryotes does not have a direct coding purpose - within genes these sections are known as , while the coding sections are .
During eukaryotic , DNA strands separate and act as templates for the formation of complementary molecules. The enzyme facilitates this process by joining adjacent nucleotides together in the new strand. The molecule is then to remove the non-coding segments, creating an mRNA molecule. During , this attaches to and is read one codon at a time by , and molecules bring the corresponding amino acids to form a polypeptide chain.