Table 1. Known micro RNAs (miRNAs) recovered from our C. sativus sRNA library.

miRNA family	Size range	5′ end	miRNA*	Homology by specie
				A.thaliana	O.sativa	P.trichocharpa	R.comunis	M.truncatula	V.vinifera
Conserved
miR156	20–23	U (68%)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
miR159	19–23	U (77%)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
miR160	20–21	U (100%)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
miR164	20–21	U (67%)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
miR165	21	U (100%)	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
miR166	21–22	U (100%)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
miR167	21–23	U (87%)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
miR168	21–22	U (75%)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
miR169	21–23	U (75%)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
miR171	19–23	U (65%)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
miR172	19–21	A/G (50%)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
miR319	20–21	U (100%)	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
miR390	19–21	A (75%)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
miR393	21–23	U (100%)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
miR396	21–22	U (100%)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
miR397	21	C (50%)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
miR398	20–21	U (100%)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
miR399	21	U (100%)	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
miR408	21–22	U (66%)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Non-conserved
miR170	21–22	U (100%)	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
miR827	22	U (100%)	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
miR858	22	U (100%)	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
miR894	20–21	G/C(50%)	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
miR1030	19	C (100%)	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
miR2950	21–22	U (100%)	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes

*The column shows the reads encompassing the defined miRNA sequence ±2 nts.