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. 2011 Dec 14;6(12):e28073. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028073

Figure 3. Schematic illustrations of the proposed de novo origin mechanisms of miRNA genes.

Figure 3

(A) Mechanism of miRNA gene de novo originated from non-MITE transposable element. (B) Mechanism of miRNA gene de novo originated from MITE. (C) Mechanism of miRNA gene de novo originated from pseudogenes arose from one parent gene. (D) Mechanism of miRNA gene do novo originated from pseudogenes arose from one parent gene and its paralogous gene.