The splicing of transposable elements and its role in intron evolution

M. Purugganan; S. Wessler

doi:10.1007/BF00133728

The splicing of transposable elements and its role in intron evolution

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Abstract

Recent studies have demonstrated that transposable elements in maize and Drosophila are spliced from pre-mRNA. These transposable element introns represent the first examples of recent addition of introns into nuclear genes. The eight reported examples of transposable element splicing include members of the maize Ac/Ds and Spm/dSpm and the Drosophila P and 412 element families. The details of the splicing of these transposable elements and their relevance to models of intron origin are discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	295-303
Number of pages	9
Journal	Genetica
Volume	86
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00133728
State	Published - Jan 1992

Keywords

Transposable elements
intron evolution
splicing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Animal Science and Zoology
Genetics
Plant Science
Insect Science

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