Fig. 2

zma-miR166n-5p target sites in lincRNAs in maize. a The predicted alignment between zma-miR166n-5p and its target in lincRNA. b Sequence alignments of lincRNA targets and the surrounding regions for zma-miR166n-5p in maize and 3 other species. The target sites pairing with zma-miR166n-5p are underlined with black boxes. The conservation status of the sequences was analyzed and presented using Weblogo. The logo consists of stacks of symbols, with one stack for each position in the sequence. The overall height of the stack indicates the sequence conservation at that position, while the height of symbols within the stacks indicates the relative frequency of nucleic acids at that position (bdi: B. distachyon; pvi: P. virgatum; sit: S. italica)