Genome Evolution: Where Do New Introns Come From?

Current Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2012, Pages R529-R531

  Roy, Scott William ^a   Irimia, Manuel ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL GENOME; GENETICS; INTRON; NOTE; PHYLOGENY; SPLICEOSOME;

GENOME, FUNGAL; INTRONS; PHYLOGENY; SPLICEOSOMES;

EID: 84866329751     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.05.017     Document Type: Short Survey

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