Journal of molecular evolution
First Report on Presence of Mitochondrial Introns in Freshwater Sponges, and Pseudogenic Evidence of Their Loss.
Zhen Zhao, Junye Ma, Qun Yang, Gert Wörheide, Dirk Erpenbeck
Published: 202510.1007/s00239-025-10289-x
Abstract
Mitochondrial introns have a patchy distribution in sponge lineages. Here, we report on the finding of a group-II-intron in Eunapius rarus (Demospongiae, Spongillidae), which constitutes the first report of a mitochondrial intron in freshwater sponge…
Preview only. Read the full abstract at the source