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5.1 Exons are shuffled by<br />

recombin-ation to produce gene<br />

encoding new proteins<br />

• All eukaryotes have introns, and yet<br />

these elements are rare in bacteria. Two<br />

likely explanations for these situation :<br />

1. Introns early model – introns existed in<br />

all organisms but have been lost from<br />

bacteria.<br />

2. Intron late model – introns never existed<br />

in bacteria but rather arose later in<br />

evolution.

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