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The protein encoded by some group II introns has independent endonuclease and maturase activities. What does this suggest about the origin of the intron?
 
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Ans: The independence of the endonuclease and maturase activities of some group II introns suggests that the intron originated as a sequence containing only the autosplicing ability (the maturase activity). The insertion of a sequence encoding an endonuclease gave it the ability to become mobile.
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