Some novel intron positions in conserved Drosophila genes are caused by intron sliding or tandem duplication

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Positions of spliceosomal introns are often conserved between remotely related genes. Introns that reside in non-conserved positions are either novel or remnants of frequent losses of introns in some evolutionary lineages. A recent g...

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Main Authors: Stadler Peter F, Eisenhardt Carina, Lehmann Jörg, Krauss Veiko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-05-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/10/156