Table 3.

Sensitivity on cross pairwise comparisons for criteria inferred on conserved or species-specific miRNAs for the validated A. thaliana interactions. The targeting criteria were inferred using a retain rate of 0.85; a considerable decrease in sensitivity was observed for the mismatched pairs i.e. training on conserved and testing on specific and the symmetric pair, highlighting the impact of data-inferred targeting criteria.Parameter

Inferred interactions	Evaluated interactions	Possible	Captured	Sensitivity
Conserved	Conserved	201	165	82.1%
Specific	Conserved	201	132	65.7%
Specific	Specific	184	140	76.1%
Conserved	Specific	184	103	56.0%