Table 1.

Number of stem loops and pre-miRNAs in each genome.

Species	Extracted hairpins	miRNAs
H. sapiens	48,181,565	1710
A. thaliana	1,355,663	304
A. gambiae	4,268,407	66
C. elegans	1,737,349	249
D. melanogaster	2,066,807	307