A very high fraction of unique intron positions in the intron-rich diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana indicates widespread intron gain

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1447-1457

  Roy, Scott William ^a   Penny, David ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Eukaryotic evolution; Genome evolution; Intron gain; Phylogenetic reconstruction

Indexed keywords

APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATOM; EVOLUTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; INTRON; NONHUMAN; THALASSIOSIRA PSEUDONANA;

ANIMALS; DIATOMS; EVOLUTION; GENOME; INTRONS; PHYLOGENY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; THALASSIOSIRA PSEUDONANA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34547688982     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msm048     Document Type: Article

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