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Aug 6, 2017 · The intron begins with GUR and ends in a polypyrimidine tract followed by YAG. Intron Function. While introns were initially – and to an extent still are – considered “junk DNA”, it has been shown that introns likely play an important role in regulation and gene expression. As introns cause an increase in gene length, this increases the ...