Genome evolution: where do new introns come from?

Scott William Roy; Manuel Irimia

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2012.05.017

Genome evolution: where do new introns come from?

Curr Biol. 2012 Jul 10;22(13):R529-31. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.05.017.

Authors

Scott William Roy¹, Manuel Irimia

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biology, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 94132, USA.

PMID: 22790002
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.05.017

Abstract

A new study reports creation of spliceosomal introns in multiple related fungal species by proliferation of cryptic elements. Resonances to a case in unrelated algae suggest such elements hold general answers to long-standing mysteries of intron evolution.

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MeSH terms

Genome, Fungal*
Introns / genetics*
Phylogeny*
Spliceosomes / genetics*