Bacterial group II introns generate genetic diversity by circularization and trans-splicing from a population of intron-invaded mRNAs

• Félix LaRoche-Johnston,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Microbiome and Disease Tolerance Centre (MDTC), McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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• Caroline Monat,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Microbiome and Disease Tolerance Centre (MDTC), McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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• Samy Coulombe,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Microbiome and Disease Tolerance Centre (MDTC), McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6061-3501

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• Benoit Cousineau

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: benoit.cousineau@mcgill.ca

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Microbiome and Disease Tolerance Centre (MDTC), McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6748-0182

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