Table 4. Differential expression value of 10 most abundant A. aegypti miRNAs in different analyses when other insects data were used as reference.

miRNA	A. aegypti			A. gambiae			D. melanogaster			B. mori
	Loose	Strict	DSAP	Loose	Strict	DSAP	Loose	Strict	DSAP	Loose	Strict	DSAP
miR-184	−0.5547	−0.5328	−0.42	−0.5355	−0.5343	−0.25	−0.3218	−0.5075	0.42	−0.3062	−0.5349	−1.77
miR-275-3p	−0.9623	−0.9398	−0.15	−0.9430	−0.9411	−0.75	−0.7293	−0.9143	0.75	−0.7131	−0.9411	−0.75
miR-317	−1.0387	−1.0176	−0.71	−1.0261	−1.0275	+∞	−0.7996	−0.9923	–	−0.7897	−1.0191	–
miR-2940-3p	0.2670	0.2888	0.56	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
miR-2940-5p	0.5286	0.5509	0.78	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
miR-276-3p	−0.4760	−0.4537	−0.11	−0.4568	−0.4551	−0.12	−0.2437	−0.4287	0.12	−0.2269	−0.4551	−0.12
miR-92b-3p	−0.7702	−0.7470	−∞	−0.7510	−0.7484	−0.41	−0.5393	−0.7172	–	−0.5189	–	–
miR-283	0.3487	0.3705	1.31	0.3712	0.3872	–	0.5826	0.4100	–	0.6011	0.3872	–
miR-281-5p	−1.2454	−1.2243	–	0.4644	0.6258	–	−1.0115	−1.1960	0.90	−0.9939	−1.2214	−0.90
miR-305-5p	−0.0195	0.0014	0.19	0.0000	0.0000	0.25	0.2137	0.0268	−0.25	0.2299	0.0000	0.25

Differential expression was calculated based on log 2 fold change.