Table 2 The distribution of predicted miRNA-genes in relation to genomic features. IGR, intergenic region. The ratio of the number of bases annotated as intergenic vs. intron is 3.1 in the genome as a whole.
From: Computational evidence for hundreds of non-conserved plant microRNAs
Position of predicted miRNA genes | ||
|---|---|---|
Base set | >1 target | |
Total number of loci | 592 | 90 |
In introns (sense strand) | 24 | 3 |
in introns (antisense) | 18 | 2 |
In intergenic regions (both strands) | 550 | 85 |
Within 500 bases upstream of gene | 26 | 3 |
Within 500 bases downstream of gene | 52 | 7 |
Ratio IGR/introns | 14 | 18 |