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BIOESSAYS
Volume 30, Issue 6, Pages 601-605Publisher
JOHN WILEY & SONS INC
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20749
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Gene and intron prediction are essential for accurate inferences about genome evolution. Recently, two genome-wide studies searched for recent intron gains in humans, reaching very different conclusions: either of a complete absence of intron gain since early mammalian evolution, or of creation of numerous introns by genomic duplication in repetitive regions. We discuss one possible explanation: the underappreciated phenomenon of template switching, by which reverse transcriptase may create artifactual splicing-like events in the preparation of cDNA/EST libraries, may cause complications in searches for newly gained introns in repetitive regions. We report large numbers of apparent template switching in transcript sequences from the intron-poor protists Trichomonas vaginalis and Giardia lamblia. Supplementary material for this article can be found on the BioEssays website (http://www.mrw.interscience. wiley.com/jpages/0265-9247/suppmat/index.htmi).
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