> On the other hand, both the eubacteria and the achaeobacteria lack
> introns, whereas the eukaryotes have introns, which would suggest
that
> introns arose only in the early ancestors of the eukaryotes.
Not so fast, gringo....some Archaea are known to have introns too.
And I think at least one coliphage also does.
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