During evolution, splicing factors may have originated as
a. the endonuclease encoded in Group II introns.
b. the catalytic core of Group II introns.
c. RNase P.
d. maturases encoded in Group II introns.
e. the reverse transcriptase encoded in Group II introns.
Ans: d
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