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ArticleScientific reports2019

Conservation and novelty in the microRNA genomic landscape of hyperdiverse cichlid fishes.

Peiwen Xiong, Ralf F Schneider, C Darrin Hulsey, Axel Meyer, Paolo Franchini

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Peiwen XiongChair in Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457, Konstanz, Germany.
Ralf F SchneiderChair in Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457, Konstanz, Germany.
C Darrin HulseyChair in Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457, Konstanz, Germany.
Axel MeyerChair in Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457, Konstanz, Germany.
Paolo FranchiniChair in Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457, Konstanz, Germany. paolo.franchini@uni-konstanz.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8184-1463
University of Konstanz · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play crucial roles in the post-transcriptional control of messenger RNA (mRNA). These miRNA-mRNA regulatory networks are present in nearly all organisms and contribute to development, phenotypic divergence, and speciation. To examine the miRNA landscape of cichlid fishes, one of the most species-rich families of vertebrates, we profiled the expression of both miRNA and mRNA in a diverse set of cichlid lineages. Among these, we found that conserved miRNAs differ from recently arisen miRNAs (i.e. lineage specific) in average expression levels, number of target sites, sequence variability, and physical clustering patterns in the genome. Furthermore, conserved miRNA target sites tend to be enriched at the 5' end of protein-coding gene 3' UTRs. Consistent with the presumed regulatory role of miRNAs, we detected more negative correlations between the expression of miRNA-mRNA functional pairs than in random pairings. Finally, we provide evidence that novel miRNA targets sites are enriched in genes involved in protein synthesis pathways. Our results show how conserved and evolutionarily novel miRNAs differ in their contribution to the genomic landscape and highlight their particular evolutionary roles in the adaptive diversification of cichlids.

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AnimalsCichlidsEvolution, MolecularFish ProteinsGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression RegulationMicroRNAsPhylogenySequence Analysis, RNASpecies SpecificityUntranslated RegionsFish ProteinsMicroRNAsUntranslated Regions

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PMID31554838
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