A Researcher Measures the Quantity of CDNA That Corresponds to the Exons

question 15

Multiple Choice

A researcher measures the quantity of cDNA that corresponds to the exons of a particular gene in mice using RNA- seq. They find that RNA for this gene isolated from the brain contains 4 exons, while RNA from the liver heart and skin contains 5 exons. What phenomenon likely explains this result?

• A) there is a brain- specific allele compared to the other cells in the mouse
• B) the skin, liver and heart cells differentiate before the brain and so have different exons
• C) the mRNA in the brain is a pseudogene
• D) the brain cell chromosome lacks the exon that is present in the other cells of the mouse
• E) cells of the brain splice this mRNA differently than other cells in the mouse

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