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Introns in gene evolution

  • Fedorova L
  • Fedorov A
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-010-0229-5_3
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Abstract

Introns are integral elements of eukaryotic genomes that perform various important functions and actively partici- pate in gene evolution. We review six distinct roles of spliceosomal introns: (1) sources of non-coding RNA; (2) carriers of transcription regulatory...

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Fedorova, L., & Fedorov, A. (2003). Introns in gene evolution (pp. 123–131). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0229-5_3

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