Article
Introns and gene evolution.
Genes to cells : devoted to molecular & cellular mechanisms - 1 Jun 1996
de Souza S J, Long M, Gilbert W
Abstract excerpt
In one scenario of gene evolution, exon shuffling has a fundamental role in increasing gene diversity. As DNA sequences accumulate in the databases, the picture of the intron/exon structures of genes becomes more and more clear. We discuss in this review some features of this picture that suggest that introns have been present since the early stages of evolution, and that exon shuffling was a fundamental process...
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