Functional and evolutionary analysis of alternatively spliced genes is consistent with an early eukaryotic origin of alternative splicing-0

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "Functional and evolutionary analysis of alternatively spliced genes is consistent with an early eukaryotic origin of alternative splicing"</p><p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/7/188</p><p>BMC Evolutionary Biology 2007;7():188-188.</p><p>Published online 4 Oct 2007</p><p>PMCID:PMC2082043.</p><p></p>is an estimated interval for intron density of the ancestor of animals and plants (from 3.5 [18] to 7.0 [15]). : Frequency of AS versus intron numbers per gene for the 8 species showing relatively high values of AS. Abbreviations: Hsa (), Mmu (), Gga (), Dre (), Cel (), Dme (), Ath (), Sce (), Spo (), Ecu (), Pfa (), Cne ()