Multiple choice

Exon skipping is characteristic of a mutation in which of the following locations?

  1. Promoters

  2. Entire gene

  3. Exon

  4. Intron

  5. Codon

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Introns are noncoding sections of an RNA transcript or the DNA encoding it, which are spliced out before the RNA molecule is translated into a protein. Exon skipping results from mutations at the splice donor or acceptor regions of introns.