Table 3.

Base set of attributes.

Attribute	Description of the attribute in relation to the control or candidate sequence
chromLen/position	The ratio of the length of the chromosome over the position on that chromosome
ShannonEntropyNorm	Shannon entropy normalized to the sequence length
G%	Percentage of G base composition
C%	Percentage of C base composition
T%	Percentage of T base composition
A%	Percentage of A base composition
DuplexEnergy	The duplex energy between the miRNAs:miRNAs*
DuplexEnergyNorm	The duplex energy normalized to the length of the duplex structure
MaxMismatch	Maximum number of mismatches in the duplex structure based on both sides of the structure
minMatchPercent	Minimum % match based on length of the duplex structure both sides of the structure
DeltaG	Minimum free energy for the stem loop
DeltaGnorm	Minimum free energy normalized to the length of the stem loop
longestDotSet	Longest run of mismatches in the stem loop
longestBracketSet	Longest run of matches in the stem loop
loopCountNorm	Number of loop heads normalized to the length of the stem loop