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n. - A junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together.

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  • Alternative splicing is a smart way of getting the most out of genes.
  • In this work, we propose a novel method we call splicing even identification by absent words (SAW).
  • Alternative splicing is a big one, as it allows one specific mRNA to be spliced into a variety of forms by leaving out certain exons or by recognizing alternative splice...
  • Anyway, I made a dub splicing together everything that we thought was germane.
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