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SUBMITTER: Wang L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5054118 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Lei L Jiang Lan L Hu Songnian S Wang Yejun Y
Genomics, proteomics & bioinformatics 20100301 1
Amphioxus is an extant species closest to the ancestry of vertebrates. Observation of microRNA (miRNA) distribution of amphioxus would lend some hints for evolutionary research of vertebrates. In this study, using the publicly available scaffold data of the Florida amphioxus (Branchiostoma floridae) genome, we screened and characterized homologs of miRNAs that had been identified in other species. In total, 68 pieces of such homologs were obtained and classified into 33 families. Most of these m ...[more]