A new mechanism for transposition by autocatalytic group II introns provides a working model for intron dispersal in eukaryotic genomes.
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I wish to thank Q. Xiang, T. Bestor and P. Pang for their helpful comments on this manuscript and N. Craig for information on transposon abundance.
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Pyle, A. New tricks from an itinerant intron. Nat Struct Mol Biol 7, 352–354 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/75111
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