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{continue} diffrent mRNA molecule please help

2007-01-16 12:11:59 · 5 answers · asked by grumpycandy_0 1 in Science & Mathematics Biology

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I guess you mean alternative splicing. During splicing of the mRNA not just the introns, but some of the exons also might be removed from the message and this gives rise to several kind of RNA from a single gene. For example, if you have a gene with 4 exons, you might have several transcript, like 1-2-3-4 (full), 1-2-4, 1-3-4, etc.
The benefit is, that the cell can produce different types of mRNAs/proteins from a single gene, that might have different function. For example one type is expressed during embyonic development, the other kind during adulthood.
This system can be also used to swith genes on/off.
Example (see ref below): "Sexual differentiation in Drosophila (fruit fly) is regulated by a protein called sex-lethal (sxl) protein. The female embryo expresses functional sxl proteins whereas the male embryo expresses non-functional sxl proteins. Their difference is a result of alternative splicing as shown in the following figure. "

2007-01-16 13:55:12 · answer #1 · answered by LB 2 · 0 0

So the organism's cells can grow in number, if they stayed the same number then you would still have the same amount of blood that you had when you were a baby, even less actually because the blood cells had to multiply to create the babies' blood to begin with. And skin cells too, so the clone can clone itself and would take up less time growing.

And the change in the sequence is what you call mutation, which is the leading reason of the theory of evolution, every generation is slightly different. It takes millions of years to even show a difference tho.

2007-01-16 12:15:42 · answer #2 · answered by michael d 3 · 0 0

it incredibly is a hard question. If the DNA series you're giving is the actually gene series which would be transcribed into mRNA, then it is going to be the comparable series, with united statessubbed for T's, each and every little thing else the comparable. ACCUAG.

2016-12-13 09:28:39 · answer #3 · answered by koth 3 · 0 0

well the benefits of having transcribed DNA is that amino acids can be made and then have proteins as far as 'edited' i haven't the slightest idea

2007-01-16 12:18:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

For selection purposes.

2007-01-16 12:15:53 · answer #5 · answered by Garret Tripp 3 · 0 0

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