Table 2

Categories of conserved miRNA families common in vertebrates and insects according to their sequences

Category

miRNA families

I

mir-7, mir-9, mir-124, mir-133, mir-219

II

mir-92, mir-190

III

let-7, mir-10, mir-33, mir-100, mir-184

IV

mir-8, mir-29, mir-31, mir-34, mir-125, mir-193, mir-210, mir-375

V

mir-1,

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