A researcher obtains the results of his RNA-seq analysis. Several transcripts are listed as being derived from the same
gene. How is this possible?
a. Alternative splicing allows for different transcripts to be created by the same gene sequence.
b. The researcher’s sample was contaminated.
c. Exon shuffling allows for different transcripts to be created by the same gene sequence.
d. Intron shuffling allows for different transcripts to be created by the same gene sequence.
e. It is not possible; there was an error in the alignment process.
ANSWER: a
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