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The origin of recent introns: transposons?

The long-standing question of how genes acquire introns has provoked much debate. A recent study makes considerable progress by identifying numerous recently gained introns in nematodes - although it remains difficult to distinguish definitively between models of intron gain.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Roy, Scott W
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC545789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15575977
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/gb-2004-5-12-251
Descripción
Sumario:The long-standing question of how genes acquire introns has provoked much debate. A recent study makes considerable progress by identifying numerous recently gained introns in nematodes - although it remains difficult to distinguish definitively between models of intron gain.