BY MEANS OF ENDOSYMBIOSIS, “Group II introns, which are still found in both mitochondria and α-proteobacteria, invaded the host genome. Group II introns are parasitic DNA fragments that replicate when they are transcribed, typically as part of a larger transcript.”
http://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1004351
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022