Protein synthesis is compared to baking a cake in the textbook, but the process can also be compared to building a doghouse. sondra wanted to build a doghouse and found a book in the reference section in the local library. she copied the pages of directions using wood and nails to make the doghouse. taking the directions to her workbench, sondra used a hammer to put nails into their correct positions in the wood to make the doghouse. in the story, what genetic structure would be analogous to the copies from the reference book?

The copies made from the copying process would be analogous to mRNA. Taking the copy to a workbench would be analogous to the mRNA moving from the nucleolus to the ribosomes in the cytoplasm. The actual building of the dog house would be analogous to the ribosome assembling up the protein using amino acids. Following the instructions of the copy would be analogous to the ribosome reading the codons and bringing in the respective amino acids.