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ArticleNature2025

A male-essential miRNA is key for avian sex chromosome dosage compensation.

Amir Fallahshahroudi, Sara Yousefi Taemeh, Leticia Rodríguez-Montes, Nils Trost, Dana Frank, Pascal Lafrenz, Jiri Koubek, Guillermo Tellez, Maeve Ballantyne, Alewo Idoko-Akoh and 14 more

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Article in Nature, 2025. 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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13citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Manipulating primordial germ cells from chicken and other bird species.The Journal of reproduction and development · 2026
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  12. microRNA as an Important Mediator in the Regulation of MaleInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  13. Compensation of gene dosage on the mammalian X.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors.

Amir Fallahshahroudi *Center for Molecular Biology (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany. amirshahroudi@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-8820-0098
Sara Yousefi Taemeh *Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Biomedical Center (BMC), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-7744-3414
Leticia Rodríguez-MontesCenter for Molecular Biology (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0009-0002-6192-8497
Nils TrostCenter for Molecular Biology (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5171-018X
Dana FrankCenter for Molecular Biology (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
Pascal LafrenzCenter for Molecular Biology (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3791-3474
Jiri KoubekCenter for Molecular Biology (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
Guillermo TellezThe Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Maeve BallantyneThe Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Alewo Idoko-AkohSchool of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Lorna TaylorThe Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Adrian ShermanThe Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Megan DaveyThe Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0194-9229
Cheng MaDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Biomedical Center (BMC), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Enrico SoratoReneco International Wildlife Consultants, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Martin JohnssonDepartment of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
Christina GrozouDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Biomedical Center (BMC), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Ying XueCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.
Long LiuCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.
Guenter KramerCenter for Molecular Biology (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7552-8393
Carl-Johan RubinDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Biomedical Center (BMC), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-8238-5052
Margarida Cardoso-MoreiraEvolutionary Developmental Biology Laboratory, Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6639-3597
Mike J McGrewThe Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. mike.mcgrew@roslin.ed.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-8213-4632
Henrik KaessmannCenter for Molecular Biology (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany. h.kaessmann@zmbh.uni-heidelberg.de.ORCID 0000-0001-7563-839X

Funding

BBSRC Core CapabilitiesEuropean Research CouncilFrancis Crick InstituteWellcome Trust CC2185
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Birds have a sex chromosome system in which females are heterogametic (ZW) and males are homogametic (ZZ)

Indexed as

ChickensDosage Compensation, GeneticGenes, EssentialMicroRNAsSex ChromosomesAnimalsChick EmbryoEvolution, MolecularFemaleGene Knockout TechniquesMaleProtein BiosynthesisTranscription, GeneticUp-RegulationMicroRNAs

Identifiers

PMID40670784
PMCPMC12408383

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