Table 2. Sequences, abundance and homologues of top ten predicted conserved miRNA candidates in five small RNA libraries.

Name	Sequence	Counts/Mb					Homologues*
		ZJ	ZJ-COLD	ZJ-DJ3	CAN	USA
miR-100	AACCCGUAGAUCCGAACUUGUGU	9,798.0	234.8	150.0	9,283.8	12,227.3	hsa-miR-100
miR-1	UGGAAUGUAAAGAAGUAUGUAG	1,133.8	3,823.0	587.9	1,342.1	1,052.7	cel-miR-1
let-7	UGAGGUAGUAGGUUGUAUAGUU	360.2	1,307.8	507.0	302.9	482.1	cel-let-7
miR-71	UGAAAGACAUGGGUAGUGA	79.9	21.7	63.0	86.3	87.3	cel-miR-71
miR-34	UGGCAGUGUGGUUAGCUGGUUG	62.2	84.2	248.7	49.7	42.7	cel-miR-34
miR-72	AGGCAAGAUGUUGGCAUAGCUGA	49.0	270.8	271.5	67.9	60.4	cel-miR-72
miR-252	CUAAGUAGUAGUGCCGCAGGUAA	30.7	58.3	16.3	29.7	40.4	cel-miR-252
miR-87	GUGAGCAAAGUUUCAGGUGUGC	7.3	8.5	6.5	10.6	4.1	cel-miR-87
miR-86	UAAGUGAAUACUUUGCCACAGUC	3.8	4.9	1.2	4.4	4.7	cel-miR-86
miR-50	UGAUAUGUCUAGUAUUCUUGGG	3.8	1.6	3.0	5.9	4.8	cel-miR-50

Note: * Homologues are identified by homology search in miRBase (release 14.0). cel, C. elegans; hsa, H. sapiens.