Microhomology-mediated intron loss during metazoan evolution

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1212-1219

  Van Schendel, Robin ^a   Tijsterman, Marcel ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DNA repair; Intron evolution; Intron loss

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS; DNA REPAIR; DROSOPHILA; GENETICS; GENOME; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; X CHROMOSOME; ARTICLE; INTRON EVOLUTION; INTRON LOSS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS; DNA REPAIR; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; INTRONS; X CHROMOSOME;

DNA REPAIR; INTRON EVOLUTION; INTRON LOSS;

EID: 84891621289     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evt088     Document Type: Article

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