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Tracing the evolution of tissue identity with microRNAs

Katrien De Mulder and Eugene Berezikov*

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Hubrecht Institute and University Medical Center Utrecht, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584CT Utrecht, The Netherlands

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Genome Biology 2010, 11:111 doi:10.1186/gb-2010-11-3-111

Published: 30 March 2010

Abstract

Comparison of microRNA expression identified tissues present in the last common ancestor of Bilaterians and put evolution of microRNAs in the context of tissue evolution.