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What is the main output of the process of translation?

Nucleotides
RNA
DNA
Proteins

The correct answer is: Proteins

Translation is the biological process wherein the information encoded in messenger RNA (mRNA) is used to synthesize proteins. During translation, ribosomes read the sequence of codons in the mRNA, and this information is translated into a specific sequence of amino acids, which then fold into functional proteins. The correct answer highlights the role of translation as the step in the expression of genes where the final functional products—the proteins—are created. The other options are related to various stages of genetic information flow but do not represent the direct output of translation. Nucleotides are the building blocks of nucleic acids and are not produced during translation; RNA is involved in the process but is not the output; DNA is not synthesized or produced during translation either, as it occurs during replication. Thus, proteins are the end result of the translation process.