Human red blood cells can live from two to four months without a nucleus, and yet they continue to synthesize hemoglobin. This Group of answer choices is a chemical process that does not require continued living pathways; the red blood cells are essentially dead after they lose their nuclei. suggests that there is a low level of RNA polymeraseto degrade the mRNA. means that the necessary ribonucleases are continually translating DNA. means that both the necessary mRNAs must persist and there must be a low level of RNA-degrading enzymes present.

Mature red blood cells (also known as erythrocytes) don't contain nuclei. The red blood cells that enter the bloodstream eject their nuclei in order to have more space for transporting hemoglobin, a protein whose main function is to bind molecular oxygen. Erythrocytes have a life span period of three (3) to four (4) months. During this period, the mRNA of the hemoglobin genes must remain intact in order to synthesize hemoglobin proteins (i.e., their subunits). Moreover, in mature red blood cells, the levels of the enzymes involved in the degradation of cytoplasmic mRNA (ribonucleases) must also be low to avoid bulk mRNA degradation.