Evolution of spliceosomal introns following endosymbiotic gene transfer

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Spliceosomal introns are an ancient, widespread hallmark of eukaryotic genomes. Despite much research, many questions regarding the origin and evolution of spliceosomal introns remain unsolved, partly due to the difficulty of inferri...

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Main Authors: Martin William, Gruenheit Nicole, Dagan Tal, Ahmadinejad Nahal, Gabaldón Toni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-02-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/10/57