(Issue 1; posted February 1, 1997; archived February 20)
Our pilot debate on the origin of introns took place during a
week last November, with six invited participants and a
moderator. Each day a new folder, representing a specific issue,
was opened for posting messages; these folders remained open all
week (and beyond) so that participants could extend their
discussions on the topics therein. Here in the Cutting Edge
section we have assembled some introductory documents and a
synopsis of the debate, as well as the full text of the debate
document (also available to view or download as a PDF file). The
listing of references reflects all citations in the debate, as
well as recommended reading in our specially prepared
introduction. All references are linked to abstracts in Entrez
Medline.
