Mechanisms of intron gain and loss in Drosophila
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>It is widely accepted that orthologous genes have lost or gained introns throughout evolution. However, the specific mechanisms that generate these changes have proved elusive. Introns are known to affect nearly every level of gene e...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-12-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/11/364 |