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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Rattus norvegicus
SUBMITTER: Jason Merkin
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-2800 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Merkin Jason J Russell Caitlin C Chen Ping P Burge Christopher B CB
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20121201 6114
Most mammalian genes produce multiple distinct messenger RNAs through alternative splicing, but the extent of splicing conservation is not clear. To assess tissue-specific transcriptome variation across mammals, we sequenced complementary DNA from nine tissues from four mammals and one bird in biological triplicate, at unprecedented depth. We find that while tissue-specific gene expression programs are largely conserved, alternative splicing is well conserved in only a subset of tissues and is f ...[more]