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Fig. 1 | Genetics Selection Evolution

Fig. 1

From: Variability in porcine microRNA genes and its association with mRNA expression and lipid phenotypes

Fig. 1

Schematic representations of a precursor miRNA sequence hairpin conformation, with mature miRNAs located in the stems (higlighted in blue) and their corresponding seed regions (in red). b Canonical miRNA–mRNA interactions where each binding site is conformed by six to seven Watson–Crick pairings (vertical lines) to the seed region of the mature miRNA (2nd to 8th 5′ nucleotides). As reported elsewhere [2, 47, 48], 7mer-m8 and 8mer binding sites are involved in the most functionally active canonical miRNA–mRNA interactions

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