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A researcher measures the quantity of cDNA that corresponds to the exons of a particular gene in mice using RNA-seq.  They find that RNA for this gene isolated from the brain contains 4 exons, while RNA from the liver heart and skin contains 5 exons.  What phenomenon likely explains this result?

▸ cells of the brain splice this mRNA differently than other cells in the mouse

▸ the mRNA in the brain is a pseudogene

▸ the brain cell chromosome lacks the exon that is present in the other cells of the mouse

▸ the skin, liver and heart cells differentiate before the brain and so have different exons

▸ there is a brain-specific allele compared to the other cells in the mouse
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