Identification and characteristics of microRNAs from Bombyx mori

BMC Genomics

Table 2 Comparisons of sequence similarity between B. mori miRNAs and corresponding miRNA family members

Index	Family	Mature		Pre-miRNA
		Count	Similarity	Count	Similarity
1	bantam	5	>91% a	5	***
2	let-7	72	>80% a	101	*
3	mir-1	14	>86% a	17	**
4	mir-2	17	>92% a	16	**
5	mir-7	25	>85%	41	*
6	mir-8	5	100%	5	*
7	mir-9	29	>83% a	48
8	mir-10	30	>86% a	34	**
9	mir-14	4	100%	9	*
10	mir-31	17	>81%	18	**
11	mir-34	31	>80% a	34	*
12	mir-46	3	>90%	3	*
13	mir-71	3	100%	3	***
14	mir-79	6	>90%	6	*
15	mir-87	5	>92%	5	**
16	mir-133	33	>88% a	37	*
17	mir-184	17	>90% a	18	**
18	mir-210	12	>90% a	12	**
19	mir-263	8	>80%	8	**
20	mir-275	4	100%	4	***
21	mir-276	6	>91% a	7	*
22	mir-277	5	100%	5	***
23	mir-279	4	100%	4	***
24	mir-281	5	>83%	7	*
25	mir-282	5	>85%	5	*
26	mir-283	4	100%	4	**
27	mir-305	5	100%	5	**
28	mir-307	4	100%	4	*
29	mir-317	5	>92% a	5	**

family: the name of miRNA family; count: the number of miRNAs in other species in the same miRNA family; similarity: the similarity between the sequences of B. mori miRNAs and the sequences of other members of the same family; the letter "a" denotes that this miRNA is identical to other mature miRNAs in the family; * denotes that this miRNA is only highly conserved in the miRNA-encoding region; ** denotes that this miRNA is highly conserved in the miRNA-encoding region and its opposite-strand region (miRNA*-encoding region); *** ** denotes that this miRNA is highly conserved in the precursor sequences.

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