The current record holder is the gene Dscam in Drosophila. Alternative splicing of its 95 exons could potentially produce more than 38,000 kinds of proteins from this single gene.

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The introduction of new genetic variation into an inbred population, called genetic rescue.

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Highest rates of substitutions in regions of the gene that have the least effect on function, such as the third position of a codon, flanking regions, and introns.

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When CDK activity is low= helicases are loaded in G1

When CDK activity is high= helicases are activated in

S, G2 & M

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Muscle contraction depends on two processes that consume enormous amounts of ATP: 

1. Filament sliding, driven by the ATPase of the myosin

2. Ca2+ pumping, driven by the Ca2+ ATPase