Which of the following processes correctly describes alternative RNA splicing?
A) It is a mechanism for increasing the rate of translation.
B) It can allow the production of proteins of different sizes and functions from a single mRNA.
C) It can allow the production of similar proteins from different RNAs.
D) It increases the rate of transcription.

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Alternative RNA splicing allows a single gene to encode multiple proteins by selectively including or excluding certain sequences (exons) from the final mRNA transcript. This process can lead to the production of proteins of different sizes and functions from a single mRNA.

Which of the Following Processes Correctly Describes Alternative RNA Splicing