Table 2. Nucleotide diversity (π) and haplotype diversity (Hd) of miRNA populations.

miRNA	miR-#-3p (dominant)		Loop sequences		miR-#-5p
	π	Hd	π	Hd	π	Hd
miR-23a	0.002±0.002	0.047±0.044	0.618±0.030	0.939±0.018	0.157±0.008	0.695±0.051
miR-23b	0.003±0.003	0.071±0.065	0.126±0.033	0.706±0.090	0.041±0.011	0.537±0.109
miR-23	0.025±0.002	0.501±0.028
miR-27a	0.004±0.003	0.074±0.067	0.381±0.058	0.923±0.038	0.116±0.029	0.561±0.114
miR-27b	0.004±0.004	0.083±0.075	0.230±0.046	0.859±0.052	0.041±0.027	0.239±0.113
miR-27	0.414±0.013	0.547±0.030
miR-24	0.002±0.002	0.037±0.035	0.464±0.028	0.908±0.028	0.130±0.016	0.760±0.039

The consensus sequences were estimated based on human miRNA or loop sequences. miR-23, including miR-23a and miR-23b, was estimated π and Hd based on the dominant miRNA sequences (the loop sequences and another strands would be involved in larger levels of nucleotide divergence).