Novel miRNAs discovered in Aedes albopictus.

1The nomenclature of the novel miRNAs is provisional pending further characterization. “–1”, and “–2” suffixes refer to different pre-miRNA secondary structures that produce the same mature miRNA. “Mosquito-specific” are those miRNAs found to date only in mosquitoes. “Culicinae-specific” are those miRNAs found to date only in Aedes and Culex species. “Aedes-specific” are those miRNAs found to date only in Ae. albopictus and Ae. aegypti.2Contig number in Aedes aegypti assembly version AaegL1.3location in contig of first nucleotide.4location in contig of last nucleotide.55′–3′ orientation in contig (+, positive strand; –, negative strand).6Shown are the most abundant variants and the longest variants in parentheses.7“*” means “star miRNA”.