Table 2.
Number of known miRNAs detected | 173 |
Number of new miRNAs identified in this study | 25 |
Total number of miRNAs identified in this study | 198 |
Number of known predicted miRNA genes detected | 265 |
Number of novel genes identified in this study | 55 |
Total of genes indentified in this study | 320 |
DNA pyrosequencing identified 198 miRNAs. 173 were known from cloning and Sanger sequencing and 25 were novel miRNAs. These mature miRNAs are encoded by 320 ZF genes.