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Istria 16 years, 7 months ago

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- July 22, 2008 at 9:33 pm #9871
  alex08
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  What exactly is gene splicing?
- July 23, 2008 at 11:22 am #85154
  bekarzi
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  I had no idea, but according to the dictionary: "any alteration of genetic material, as in agriculture, to make them capable of producing new substances or performing new functions; also called genetic engineering, genetic manipulation, recombinant DNA technology."
  does that help?
- July 23, 2008 at 11:25 am #85155
  MrMistery
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  I don’t know what dictionary you got that from, but not ours. Here is what our dictionary says: "The process by which introns are removed from hnRNA to produce mature messenger RNA that contains only exons. Alternative splicing seems to occur in many proteins and by alternative exon usage a set of related proteins can be generated from one gene, often in a tissue or developmental stage specific manner"
  The Wikipedia entry provides a lot of info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA_splicing
  If you have specific questions, drop by.
- July 23, 2008 at 7:24 pm #85164
  alex08
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  Thanks! I’m trying to study for this science middle school test for teachers. I haven’t had a science class in years, so there are lots of the things I’m re-learning.
  Are there any other good science websites where I could go and type questions or terms? I like this site and I’ve used Wikipedia.
- July 23, 2008 at 7:43 pm #85166
  MrMistery
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  when you have doubts about a term just type "Define: […]" in google
- July 26, 2008 at 9:19 pm #85206
  Istria
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  quote alex08:
  What exactly is gene splicing?
  Splicing lectures
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