A single eukaryotic gene can produce two different forms of a protein, one that is membrane bound and one that is secreted.Which of these mechanisms allows a single gene to produce two different proteins from one primary transcript?
A)alternative splicing
B)gene divergence
C)gene duplication
D)exon shuffling
E)gene rearrangement

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Alternative splicing allows a single gene to produce multiple forms of a protein by selectively including or excluding certain sequences of RNA in the final messenger RNA (mRNA) transcript. This process can lead to the production of different protein variants, such as a membrane-bound form and a secreted form, from the same gene.

A Single Eukaryotic Gene Can Produce Two Different Forms of a Protein