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• Three observations suggest exon shuffling
actually occur:
1. The borders between exons and introns
within a gene often coincide with the
boundaries between domains within the
protein encoded by that gene.
2. Many genes, and proteins they encode,
have apparently arisen during evolution in
part via exon duplication and divergence.
3. Related exons are sometimes found in
unrelated genes.