The enigma of intron origins

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-6

  Rzhetsky, A ^a   Ayala, F J ^b  

^a Unit 109 ^*  (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTE; EXON; INTRON; MODEL; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; THEORY; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0033027521     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050264     Document Type: Short Survey

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