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Multiple acquisitions via horizontal transfer of a group I intron in the mitochondrial cox1 gene during evolution of the Araceae family.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Sept 1999
Cho Y, Palmer J D
Abstract excerpt
A group I intron has recently been shown to have invaded mitochondrial cox1 genes by horizontal transfer many times during the broad course of angiosperm evolution. To investigate the frequency of acquisition of this intron within a more closely related group of plants, we determined its distribution and inferred its evolutionary history among 14 genera of the monocot family Araceae. Southern blot hybridizations...
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