Figure 3

Multiple sequence alignments of the pre -miRNAs that were computationally found in S. mansoni. For mir-124 and mir-749 the sequences share a common consensus structure. The uncertain mir-287 candidate clusters together with mir-124 in insect genomes. However, though it also exhibits a single stem-loop structure, it is different from that of insects. Here the sequence is only conserved at the antisense region of the annotated mature miRNA.