Fig. 3.

TERT exon-intron structure is conserved across the Animal kingdom. Schematic diagram depicting the intron positions mapped on the TERT orthologs relative to intron positions in human TERT (hTERT). a Deuterostome TERT intron positions. b Protostome, early-branching metazoans and unicellular eukaryotes intron positions. Purple triangles represent conserved introns (relative to hTERT intron positions) and green triangles represent species-specific introns