Figure 4

Arm usage analyses in Anopheles miRNAs. (A) Proportion of sequence reads associated with the 5’ arm of miRNAs with respect to the total number of reads in sugar and blood-fed A. gambiae mosquitoes. (B) Venn diagram showing the number of putative A. gambiae miRNA homologs in D. melanogaster and Ae. aegypti. (C-D) Comparison of relative arm usage between D. melanogaster and A. gambiae (C) and between two mosquito species, A. gambiae and Ae. aegypti (D). Shown are miRs exhibiting an arm usage bias; the dashed line indicates 10-fold differences in the relative arm usage.