The Expansion of Animal MicroRNA Families Revisited
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. MicroRNA Detection
2.2. MicroRNA Age
2.3. Gains and Losses of Paralogs
2.4. ePoPE: Efficient Prediction of Paralog Evolution
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Files
Supplementary File 1Supplementary File 2Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Hertel, J.; Stadler, P.F. The Expansion of Animal MicroRNA Families Revisited. Life 2015, 5, 905-920. https://doi.org/10.3390/life5010905
Hertel J, Stadler PF. The Expansion of Animal MicroRNA Families Revisited. Life. 2015; 5(1):905-920. https://doi.org/10.3390/life5010905
Chicago/Turabian StyleHertel, Jana, and Peter F. Stadler. 2015. "The Expansion of Animal MicroRNA Families Revisited" Life 5, no. 1: 905-920. https://doi.org/10.3390/life5010905