Puberty is a time of big changes, including the maturation of sexual organs. But how is the onset of puberty controlled? The answer is: "let" it be! In absence of a functional let-7 microRNA, the young C.elegans worm dies a dramatic death: explosion through the vulva.😦😨Read the news from our Grosshans group, published in Life Science Alliance: https://bit.ly/2U892z8 #epigenetics #miRNA #transcription #celegans | Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research