Molecular evolution: Recent cases of spliceosomal intron gain?

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 16, 1998, Pages

  Logsdon Jr , John M ^a   Stoltzfus, Arlin ^a   Doolittle, W Ford ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 13144253092     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(07)00361-2     Document Type: Article

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