title: How were introns inserted into nuclear genes?
abstract: There is now abundant evidence that many introns have been inserted into nuclear genes after the divergence of multigene families, sometimes in a semi-regular pattern with respect to pre-existing domains. This note examines ways in which these insertions might have occurred using known molecular mechanisms.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Rogers
mesh_terms: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D007438:Introns; D005810:Multigene Family; D012323:RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional; D015138:RNA, Nuclear / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D015138:RNA, Nuclear