Specific changes to non-coding RNA may be part of what makes us human

Monday, May 9, 2016 - 02:30 in Biology & Nature

Human-specific variants of four microRNAs may have altered expression levels and gene targets compared to other great apes, according to a study published April 22, 2016 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Alicia Gallego from the Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Spain, and colleagues.

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