<i>&quot;they&#x27;re suggesting that these different variants are actually proteins of unrelated function....it&#x27;s a novel claim.&quot;</i><p>Actually, that&#x27;s old news, too. The only thing new here is that they&#x27;re talking about a paper that did a large-scale analysis of the phenomenon. From the paper&#x27;s [1] abstract:<p><i>&quot;While alternative splicing is known to diversify the functional characteristics of some genes, the extent to which protein isoforms globally contribute to functional complexity on a proteomic scale remains unknown. To address this systematically, we...&quot;</i><p>That said, I look forward to the day when the mass-media discovers glycosylation and other forms of post-translational modification, and writes the <i>next</i> article in this series on How Scientists Had It Wrong All Along (tm).<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sciencedirect.com&#x2F;science&#x2F;article&#x2F;pii&#x2F;S0092867416300435" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sciencedirect.com&#x2F;science&#x2F;article&#x2F;pii&#x2F;S0092867416...</a>