In silico genetic robustness analysis of microRNA secondary structures: Potential evidence of congruent evolution in microRNA

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Shu, Wenjie ^a,b   Bo, Xiaochen ^a   Ni, Ming ^a   Zheng, Zhiqiang ^b   Wang, Shengqi ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF RADIATION MEDICINE   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL GENETICS; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERMODYNAMICS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 38849128863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-7-223     Document Type: Article

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