<p>An exam question asked about alternative splicing.
A part of my answer said introns are spliced.
But the TA who marked it took some marks off saying that it’s the exons that are spliced.
But that’s what I meant. I used the word “splice” as to mean to cut/remove.</p>
<p>Other sources even say introns are spliced.
But can’t they be used alternatively?</p>
<p>The TA is correct. “splice” means to join together. In the case of mRNA splicing, it is the exons that are spliced together and the introns that are cut out.</p>
<p>You had an incorrect definition of splice. Splice does not mean “to cut.”</p>
<p>Yep, just think about what the actual process of alternative splicing is…you’re taking the same set of extrons and putting them together in a different arrangement.</p>
<p>It’s so sad to get marks off (the TA only gave me 1/3) on something I really understand just because I misused a word.
How come the sources below all use the word incorrectly? :(</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.cs.ubc.ca/grads/resources/thesis/Nov06/Rogic_Sanja.pdf[/url]”>http://www.cs.ubc.ca/grads/resources/thesis/Nov06/Rogic_Sanja.pdf</a>
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[url=<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intron_splicing]RNA”>RNA splicing - Wikipedia]RNA</a> splicing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://www.mun.ca/biochem/courses/3107/Lectures/Topics/Splicing.html]Splicing[/url”>http://www.mun.ca/biochem/courses/3107/Lectures/Topics/Splicing.html)</p>
<p>I agree that it is somewhat nit-picky but nonetheless he is correct and you are wrong.</p>
<p>Introns are “spliced out”. So if it was clear from your answer that was what you meant the TA was being a tool.</p>
<p>“introns interrupt”</p>
<p>Heh, is EVERYONE on this chapter? We just had our exam on Monday lol</p>