An animal leaves its footprint in wet mud, and later, when the mud dries, the footprint can be filled with plaster. When the plaster hardens, it has same shape as the foot of the animal. The plaster cast could then be used to make new footprints in soft mud identical to those made by the animal. The
process of using the plaster cast to make new footprints most accurately models

translation of mRNA codons to form a protein.
transcription of mRNA from the original DNA code.

insertion of nucleotides into the mRNA codons

deletion of nucleotides from the tRNA anticodons.

You are studying several alleles of an e. coli helicase gene. one allele, called rsr, confers resistance to rs2014, an antibiotic that works by inhibiting helicase activity. bacteria with the rss allele are sensitive to rs2014. another allele, called ts-, produces a temperature sensitive mutation of the helicase. in bacteria with the ts- allele, helicase is inactivated at 42 °c but functions normally at 37 °c. helicase functions normally at both temperatures in bacteria with the ts allele. you obtain the following data while testing four strains of e. coli at different temperatures and doses of rs2014. each number represents the percentage of maximal dna synthesis. based on this data, assign the appropriate genotype to strains a–d in the spaces provided