The Covid-19 pandemic was accompanied by a massive increase of the supply and demand for pandemic-related information. Similarly, conspiracy theories about origins functions virus flourished during early stages pandemic. present study draws on nationally representative sample German population aged 18+ (N = 1,207) to investigate factors that are associated with people’s susceptibility believe i...

2 Alternative pre-mRNA Splicing 17 2.1 Alternative Splicing and its Role in Regulating Gene Activities and Generating Genetic Diversity 17 2.1.1 Different Patterns of Alternative Splicing 17 2.1.2 Alternative Splicing and Genetic Diversity 18 2.2 Mechanisms Underlying Alternative Splicing Regulation 19 2.2.1 Splicing Signals and Splicing Regulatory Elements 20 2.2.2 Trans-acting Splicing Regula...