title: MicroRNAs Make a Difference in Cardiovascular Robustness.
abstract: Invertebrate microRNAs (miRNAs) can suppress developmental variability that is caused by environmental and genetic variation. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Kasper et al. (2017) show that zebrafish miRNAs suppress variability in cardiovascular development during embryogenesis, providing insight into the conserved link between miRNAs and robustness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
authors.forename: Rachael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bakker
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Electronic address: r-carthew@northwestern.edu.
authors.forename: Richard W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Carthew
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D006801:Humans; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000235:genetics*; D015027:Zebrafish / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D035683:MicroRNAs