Which is a correct statement about the removal of introns through splicing?
A. Splicing removes introns from genomic DNA, so genes can generate primary transcripts with uninterrupted open reading frames.
B. Splicing operates on a monocistronic transcript to generate a polycistronic transcript.
C. Splicing removes introns from primary transcripts to generate mature, monocistronic mRNAs.
D. Splicing occurs in the cytoplasm; ribosomes distinguish exons from introns based on their sequences.