Animals carrying the
mir-48::gfp construct showed temporal expression in the hypodermal seam cells two stages earlier than its
let-7 homologues at the L2 stage.
mir-48 was not detected in the gonad at any stage. specific expression of
mir-48 was observed in the P5.p and P7.p cells that will assume 2 vulval cell fates. It is interesting to note that expression of
mir-237,
mir-84, and
mir-48 was absent in the P6.p cell during the mid- to late L3 stage, and expression of
mir-237 and
mir-84 but not
mir-48 was present in the anchor cell.