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Natural variation in biogenesis efficiency of individual Arabidopsis thaliana microRNAs.
Current biology : CB - 24 Jan 2012
Todesco Marco, Balasubramanian Sureshkumar, Cao Jun, Ott Felix, Sureshkumar Sridevi, Schneeberger Korbinian, Meyer Rhonda Christiane, Altmann Thomas, Weigel Detlef
Abstract excerpt
Like protein-coding genes, loci that produce microRNAs (miRNAs) are generally considered to be under purifying selection, consistent with miRNA polymorphisms being able to cause disease. Nevertheless, it has been hypothesized that variation in miRNA genes may contribute to phenotypic diversity. Here we demonstrate that a naturally occurring polymorphism in the MIR164A gene affects leaf shape and shoot...
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