Chapter 9, Problem 3Q

Summary Introduction

To explain: Why the highly conserved genes like ribosomal RNA are present as a clearly recognizable relative in all organisms.

Concept introduction:

Ribosome is a very important cellular machine found in all organisms meant to convert the information found in messenger RNA into chains of amino acids that make up protein molecules. Most of the components of ribosome have almost equivalent parts across all forms of life. Ribosomal nucleic acid (rRNA) is the RNA component of the ribosome. Ribosomal RNAs form two subunits with the help of proteins. During translation, messenger RNA gets sandwiched between these subunits. This ribosomal RNA is found to have a similarity within different organisms.