The gene that codes for albumin protein in humans is 25,000 base pairs from the beginning of the protein coding sequence to the end of the protein. However, the mRNA for this protein is only 2100 base pairs long. What could account for the large difference

RNA splicing

Explanation:

RNA splicing is the mechanism by which messenger RNA precursors (pre-mRNAs) are processed to generate mature mRNA transcripts in eukaryotic genomes. During RNA splicing, the non-coding regions of the pre-mRNA sequence (i.e., introns) are removed, while coding regions (i.e., exons) are joined together. In consequence, the resulting mature mRNA is shorter than the pre-mRNA. RNA splicing reactions are catalyzed by the spliceosome, an RNA-protein complex that removes introns from the pre-mRNA. After RNA splicing, the mature mRNA is used as template to produce a specific amino acid sequence, where triplets of RNA nucleotides (codons) in the mRNA are used to assemble specific amino acids in order to form a protein.

It is weakly supported.

Explanation:

All the factors in each experiment are different. There are not any controls to ensure the results are reliable. When all the factors vary, it cannot be determined whether the factor being tested was the cause of the result, or another factor was the cause. Although all the reasearchers reached the same conclusion, it cannot be proven whether it was caused by the specific factor being tested, or if it was merely a coincidence.