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Table 2 miRNA precursors of miRNA-like RNA and miRNA families in plants and animals

From: Multiple distinct small RNAs originate from the same microRNA precursors

Species

Number of precursors

Number of families

miRNA precursors

Arabidopsis

19

10

159a/b, 168a, 169b/f/i/j/l/m/n, 319a/b, 447a/b, 775, 822, 839, 841, 846

Rice

75

42

156i, 159a/b/c/d/e/f, 169a, 171i, 319a/b, 396e/f, 437, 441b, 444b/c/d, 445a/c/d/e/g/h/i, 806h, 807a, 809e/f, 812h/i/j, 820a/b/c, 821a/b/c, 1318, 1319, 1423b, 1427, 1428e/g, 1430, 1432, 1439, 1440, 1441, 1442, 1850, 1851, 1858b, 1862b/d, 1864, 1871, 1874, 1875, 1881, 1883b, 1884a/b, 2121b, 2122, 2123a/b, 2124a/b/c/e/f/g/h/i

Moss

37

27

160i, 319a/b/c/e, 390a/b, 408b, 533a, 534a, 535d, 536d, 538a/c, 893, 896, 898b, 899, 902k, 904a/b, 1023a, 1030a/f, 1047, 1051, 1063b/d/g, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1072, 1219a/d, 2079, 2083

Medicago

9

7

159a, 169d/l, 319a/b, 1510b, 2087, 2088, 2089

Populus

11

5

159a/b/c, 319c/d/f/g, 394a/b, 482, 1450

Human

14

14

7-1, 15b, 34a, 124-2, 181a-2, 187, 193a, 204, 221, 331, 498, 518c, 769, 1977

Mouse

27

21

7a-1, 20a, 24-2, 30b, 96, 101b, 138-1, 328, 329, 331, 337, 341, 434, 466l, 669a-1/-2/-3, 669b/e/m-1/m-2, 674, 685, 708, 1199, 2134-3

C. elegans

17

16

51, 60, 61, 63, 64, 70, 75, 78, 80, 232, 244, 257, 258-1/-2, 353, 354, 1817

Drosophila

9

9

33, 277, 279, 283, 964, 976, 988, 997, 999

  1. miRNA precursors of miRNA-like RNA and miRNA families in five plant species (Arabidopsis, rice, moss, Medicago and Populus) and four animal organisms (human, mouse, C. elegans and Drosophila). Entries in bold are miRNA precursors that produce miRNA-like RNAs in more than one species.