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SUBMITTER: Bannister SC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3093991 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bannister Stephanie C SC Tizard Mark L V ML Doran Timothy J TJ Sinclair Andrew H AH Smith Craig A CA
Biology of reproduction 20090408 1
MicroRNAs are a highly conserved class of small RNAs that function in a sequence-specific manner to posttranscriptionally regulate gene expression. Tissue-specific miRNA expression studies have discovered numerous functions for miRNAs in various aspects of embryogenesis, but a role for miRNAs in gonadal development and sex differentiation has not yet been reported. Using the chicken embryo as a model, microarrays were used to profile the expression of chicken miRNAs prior to, during, and after t ...[more]