Removal of introns and joining of exons in a defined order during transcription is called

Removal of introns and joining of exons in a defined order during transcription is called
  1. looping
  2. inducing
  3. slicing
  4. splicing

Solution

The primary transcript from a typical eukaryotic gene contains introns as well as exons. During RNA splicing, introns are removed and exons are joined in a defined order, to produce functional RNA.

Asked in: NEET 2012 (Screening)

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