Sense-antisense gene overlap is probably a cause for retaining the few introns in Giardia genome and the implications

Sense-antisense gene overlap is probably a cause for retaining the few introns in Giardia genome and the implications

Abstract Background It is widely accepted that the last eukaryotic common ancestor and early eukaryotes were intron-rich and intron loss dominated subsequent evolution, thus the presence of only very few introns in some modern eukaryotes must be the consequence of massive loss. But it is striking th...

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Main Authors: Min Xue, Bing Chen, Qingqing Ye, Jingru Shao, Zhangxia Lyu, Jianfan Wen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:Biology Direct
Subjects:
Evolutionary retention of introns
Gene overlap
Intron evolution
Genome evolution
Giardia lamblia
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13062-018-0226-5

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