Intron-rich ancestors

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 468-471

  Roy, Scott W ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE LOSS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES; VERTEBRATE;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; INTRONS; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SELECTION, GENETIC; VERTEBRATES;

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33747188649     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2006.07.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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