Hypervariable and highly divergent intron-exon organizations in the chordate Oikopleura dioica.

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Oikopleura dioica is a pelagic tunicate with a very small genome and a very short life cycle. In order to investigate the intron-exon organizations in Oikopleura, we have isolated and characterized ribosomal protein EF-1alpha, Hox, and alpha-tubulin genes. Their intron positions have been compared with those of the same genes from various invertebrates and vertebrates, including four species with entirely...

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