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Intron vs Retrocopy - What's the difference?

intron | retrocopy |

As nouns the difference between intron and retrocopy

is that intron is (label) (portion of a split gene that is included in pre-rna transcripts but is removed during rna processing) while retrocopy is (genetics) a retrogene, copied from mrna, that has lost all introns.

intron

English

(wikipedia intron)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (genetics) A portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing and rapidly degraded.
  • *1999 , (Matt Ridley), Genome , Harper Perennial 2004, p. 138:
  • *:It is a medium-sized gene, then, interrupted by five longish introns .

    • retrocopy

    English

    Noun

    (retrocopies)
  • (genetics) A retrogene, copied from mRNA, that has lost all introns