Meaning & use
splicing
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The act of joining two things together end to end, such as ropes, film, or strands of genetic material.
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The sailors demonstrated splicing to join the two lengths of rope seamlessly.
Gene splicing allows scientists to insert new DNA sequences into an organism's genome.
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In genetics, RNA splicing removes non-coding sections (introns) before the remaining pieces are joined together.
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