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PMID: 9707398 Published · ppublish English Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Review

Molecular evolution: recent cases of spliceosomal intron gain?

Current biology : CB ·Vol. 8 ·No. 16 ·1998-00-00 ·Pages R560-3

Logsdon JM, Stoltzfus A, Doolittle WF

Abstract

The 'introns-late' theory holds that spliceosomal introns have been added to genes during eukaryotic evolution. Few clear examples of recent intron gains have been well documented, but two such cases have now been reported, one with possible identification of the source of the intron.

MeSH Terms
Animals Base Sequence Diptera/classification,genetics Drosophila/classification,genetics Evolution, Molecular Gene Conversion Humans Introns Phylogeny Sequence Alignment Spliceosomes/genetics Xanthine Dehydrogenase/genetics
Chemicals
Xanthine Dehydrogenase
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Logsdon J M
Program in Evolutionary Biology Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Department of Biochemistry Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4H7. [email protected]
Stoltzfus A
Doolittle W F
Article Info
Journal
Current biology : CB
Abbr.
Curr Biol
ISSN
0960-9822
DOI
10.1016/s0960-9822(07)00361-2
Email
[email protected]
Published
1998-00-00
Pages
R560-3
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
9107782
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(07)00361-2 View journal details
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