| Title |
Extensive intron gain in the ancestor of placental mammals
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Biology Direct, November 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1745-6150-6-59 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Dušan Kordiš |
| Abstract |
Genome-wide studies of intron dynamics in mammalian orthologous genes have found convincing evidence for loss of introns but very little for intron turnover. Similarly, large-scale analysis of intron dynamics in a few vertebrate genomes has identified only intron losses and no gains, indicating that intron gain is an extremely rare event in vertebrate evolution. These studies suggest that the intron-rich genomes of vertebrates do not allow intron gain. The aim of this study was to search for evidence of de novo intron gain in domesticated genes from an analysis of their exon/intron structures. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2 | 6% |
| Sweden | 1 | 3% |
| Ukraine | 1 | 3% |
| Brazil | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 27 | 84% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 11 | 34% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 28% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 3 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 6% |
| Professor | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 4 | 13% |
| Unknown | 1 | 3% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 22 | 69% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 16% |
| Mathematics | 1 | 3% |
| Neuroscience | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 3 | 9% |