Explain What Is Meant by the Term Intersectionality

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Essay

Explain what is meant by the term intersectionality.

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Definitions:

Alternative Splicing

A genetic mechanism in which exons are spliced in different ways to produce different mRNAs from a single gene.

Eukaryotic DNA

The genetic material within the nucleus of eukaryotic cells, organized into chromosomes, coding for the cell's structure and function.

Introns

Non-coding sections of DNA within a gene that are removed via RNA splicing during the process of transcription.

Exons

Segments of DNA or RNA that encode portions of the final mature RNA product after splicing has removed introns.