Widespread intron loss suggests retrotransposon activity in ancient apicomplexans

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1926-1933

  Roy, Scott William ^a   Penny, David ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Genome evolution; Intron gain; Intron loss; Retrotransposon evolution; Selfish DNA

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RETROPOSON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RETROELEMENTS; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 35748951022     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msm102     Document Type: Article

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