... smallest intron was757 bp), and none in intergenic regions < 2 kb. Themedian sizes for the introns and the intergenic regionsare 46 and 386 kb, respectively. Moreover, most of theLIR-containing ... LIRs in our collection, and these intronic TG and CA tractsare probably involved in the alternative splicing ofgenes. One study revealed that intronic TG tracts,particularly in hairpin structure, ... density and gene density (Fig. 2).We then studied the positions of the LIRs in introns and intergenic regions. A short distance to the exon–intron boundary or transcription starting point isan indication...