Which of the following statements regarding the flow of genetic information is false? Ribosomes function as factories that coordinate the functioning of mRNA and tRNA. Transcription occurs in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells. Polypeptides form proteins that determine the appearance and function of the cell and organism. Eukaryotic mRNA is transported from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. The sequence of nucleotides in an mRNA determines the sequence of amino acids in a protein.