👉 In the context of bioinformatics, splicing refers to the process by which a single gene is duplicated and later integrated into its own pre-mRNA. This allows for more efficient expression of genes in the cell, as it enables the synthesis of longer transcripts with fewer stop codons. Splices are typically found in the nucleus or in the cytoplasm, where they can occur in different forms such as intronic splicing, exonic splicing, and post-transcriptional splicing. In