Alternative Splicing Is

question 7

Multiple Choice

Alternative splicing is:

• A)removing introns and retaining exons.
• B)removing exons and retaining introns.
• C)when a single primary transcript is edited in different ways to yield multiple mRNAs.
• D)converting an exon into an intron.

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Definitions:

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has become associated with an unconditioned stimulus.

Extinction

In psychology, the diminishing of a conditioned response when the reinforcement is withheld or the stimulus is repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus.

Generalization

The process of applying the knowledge or response acquired from specific stimuli to similar stimuli.

Spontaneous Recovery

The return of a response that had been previously diminished, following an interval where the conditioned stimulus was not presented.