Green Anole Lizard (IMAGE)

The Translational Genomics Research Institute

Green Anole Lizard

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In a study published today in the scientific journal BMC Genomics, ASU and TGen scientists for the first time identified three microRNA's -- a which turn genes on and off -- that are associated with the regeneration of tails in the green anole lizard, Anolis carolinensis.

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Courtesy of Dr. Kenro Kusumi

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