Early origins and evolution of microRNAs and Piwi-interacting RNAs in animals.

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Published in Nature on October 01, 2008

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Andrew Grimson1, Mansi Srivastava, Bryony Fahey, Ben J Woodcroft, H Rosaria Chiang, Nicole King, Bernard M Degnan, Daniel S Rokhsar, David P Bartel

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1: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA.

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