Evolutionary Genomics of microRNAs and Their Relatives

Andrea Tanzera,d Markus Riester,a Jana Hertel,a Clara Isabel Bermudez-Santana,a,b Jan Gorodkin,c Ivo L. Hofacker,d Peter F. Stadler,a,d,e, f aBioinformatics Group, Department of Computer Science; and Interdisciplinary Center for Bioinformatics, University of Leipzig, Hartelstrasse 16-18, D-01407, Leipzig, Germany bDepartment of Biology, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Tr. 38 40-01, Bogota, D.C., Colombia cDivision of Genetics and Bioinformatics, IBHV, University of Copenhagen, Gronnegardsvej 3, DK-1870 Frederiksberg, Denmark d Institute for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Wahringerstrase 17, A-1090 Wien, Austria eFraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy und Immunology, Deutscher Platz 5e, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany f Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Rd., Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA

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