Smoke without fire: Most reported cases of intron gain in nematodes instead reflect intron losses

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2259-2262

  Roy, Scott William ^a   Penny, David ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Genome annotation; Genome complexity; Genome evolution; Genome sequencing; Intron gain; Parsimony

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENE DELETION; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEMATODA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; NEMATODA;

EID: 33750938326     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl098     Document Type: Article

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