Alternative Splicing of the Dscam gene

Link to the firs part: The Drosophila melanogaster Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule (Dscam) gene encodes an axon guidance receptor that can express 38,016 different mRNAs by virtue of alternative splicing. The Dscam gene contains 95 alternative exons that are organized into four clusters of 12, 48, 33, and 2 exons each. #genetics #DSCAMGene #alternativeSplicing #DNA #intron #exon #mRNA