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The role of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) nucleotide sequence study in the taxonomy.

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The rRNA is responsible for protein synthesis in the organisms. Proteins are the major structural part of almost every type of organisms found in the nature. Study of nucleotide sequence of rRNA plays a vast role in categorizing the organism and placing them in the taxonomy accordingly.

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