Graham E. Larue

The paper analyzes minor spliceosomal introns across 3000+ eukaryotic genomes, finding neutral processes likely dominate their evolution rather than functional constraints.

The paper identifies an exceptional expansion of minor introns in Physarum polycephalum, showing transformed splicing signals and increased efficiency compared to other species.

The paper studies intron evolution in dinoflagellates, revealing a high diversity of intron-creating transposable elements and complex spliceosomal system transformations.

The paper updates the Intron Annotation and Orthology Database and supports the class conversion model for U12-type intron evolution.