Vive la différence: Biogenesis and evolution of microRNAs in plants and animals

Michael J. Axtell; Jakub O. Westholm; Eric C. Lai

doi:10.1186/gb-2011-12-4-221

Vive la différence: Biogenesis and evolution of microRNAs in plants and animals

Michael J. Axtell
, Jakub O. Westholm
, Eric C. Lai

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Abstract

MicroRNAs are pervasive in both plants and animals, but many aspects of their biogenesis, function and evolution differ. We reveal how these differences contribute to characteristic features of microRNA evolution in the two kingdoms

Original language	English (US)
Article number	221
Journal	Genome biology
Volume	12
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/gb-2011-12-4-221
State	Published - Apr 28 2011

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Genetics
Cell Biology

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