An ancestral miR-1304 allele present in neanderthals regulates genes involved in enamel formation and could explain dental differences with modern humans

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1797-1806

  Lopez Valenzuela, Maria ^a   Ramírez, Oscar ^a   Rosas, Antonio ^a   García Vargas, Samuel ^a   De La Rasilla, Marco ^b   Lalueza Fox, Carles ^a   Espinosa Parrilla, Yolanda ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

gene regulation; microRNA; miR 1304; miR SNP; Neanderthal; tooth development

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 1304; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIA; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; HUMAN; TOOTH;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ALLELES; ANIMALS; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL ENAMEL PROTEINS; GORILLA GORILLA; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MICRORNAS; NEANDERTHALS; PAN TROGLODYTES; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

PRIMATES;

EID: 84863571375     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mss023     Document Type: Article

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