The biology of intron gain and loss

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-22

  Jeffares, Daniel C ^a,b   Mourier, Tobias ^a,b   Penny, David ^c  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; RNA;

EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; INTRON; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; SPLICEOSOME; USHER SYNDROME;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 29444439485     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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