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Table 5 Results for comparison between two precursor prediction methods.

From: HHMMiR: efficient de novo prediction of microRNAs using hierarchical hidden Markov models

Test Set

Total hairpins

Triplet SVM (%)

HHMMiR (%)

Positive Sets

   

New human hairpins in registry at the time.

39

92.3

97.4

M. musculus

36

94.4

88.9

R. norvegicus

25

80.0

84.0

G. gallus

13

84.6

100

D. rerio

6

66.7

100

C. elegans

110

86.4

90.9

C. briggsae

73

95.9

95.9

D. melanogaster

71

91.6

95.8

D. pseudoobscura

71

90.1

98.6

A. thaliana

75

92.0

97.3

O. sativa

96

94.8

86.5

Epstein Barr virus

5

100

80.0

TOTAL

620

91

93.2

Negative Sets

   

Folded genome hairpins from Chromosome 19

2444

89

88.6

Negative hairpin Set

1000

88.1

89.4

TOTAL

3444

88.7

88.8

  1. The percentages represent the ratio of hairpins correctly predicted.