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The spliceosomal catalytic core arose in the RNA world.. or did it?

Genome Biology (2013) 14(12)
DOI: 10.1186/gb4145
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A new study adds to the evidence for a common evolutionary origin of the spliceosome and group II introns, but RNA-world questions remain. © 2013 BioMed Central Ltd.

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Doolittle, W. F. (2013). The spliceosomal catalytic core arose in the RNA world.. or did it? Genome Biology, 14(12). https://doi.org/10.1186/gb4145

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