Figure 5.

Comparison of substitution rates for testis and non-testis precusor miRNAs across chromosomes. Differences in substitution rates for precursor miRNAs on the X chromosome and autosomes, as well as their four parts, were compared. For testis precursor miRNAs, substitution rate comparisons were performed for human and mouse orthologs (A), for mouse and rat (C), and for human and macaque (E). The same analysis was performed for precursor miRNAs not expressed in testis (B, D and F, respectively). The names used are: precursor, precursor miRNA; ustem, upper stem region; loop, terminal loop; bseg, basal segments. Significant differences are indicated with * (p < 0.05) or ** (p < 0.01).