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microRNAs and the evolution of complex multicellularity: identification of a large, diverse complement of microRNAs in the brown alga Ectocarpus.
Nucleic acids research - 27 Jul 2015
Tarver James E, Cormier Alexandre, Pinzón Natalia, Taylor Richard S, Carré Wilfrid, Strittmatter Martina, Seitz Hervé, Coelho Susana M, Cock J Mark
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There is currently convincing evidence that microRNAs have evolved independently in at least six different eukaryotic lineages: animals, land plants, chlorophyte green algae, demosponges, slime molds and brown algae. MicroRNAs from different lineages are not homologous but some structural features are strongly conserved across the eukaryotic tree allowing the application of stringent criteria to identify novel...
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