Table 3. Conserved mature-star miRNAs from castor bean.
| miRNAfamily | ReferencemiRNA | Star sequence(5′–3′) | Length (nt) | Reads | ||||
| root | leaf | seed1 | seed2 | endosperm | ||||
| 156 | rco-miR156a | GCTCACCCTCTATCTGTCGCC | 21 | 18 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 5 |
| rco-miR156b | GCTCACTTCTCTTTCTGTCAAG | 22 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 46 | |
| rco-miR156c | GCTTACTCTCTATCTGTCACC | 21 | 707 | 9 | 2 | 93 | 156 | |
| rco-miR156d | TGCTCACCTCTCTTTCTGTCAGC | 23 | 1024 | 1275 | 2 | 96 | 58 | |
| rco-miR156e | TGCTCTCTCCTCTTCTGTCATC | 22 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 21 | 109 | |
| rco-miR156f | TTTTGTGCTCTTTTTTCTTCTG | 22 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| rco-miR156g | GCTCTCTAGTCTTCTGTCATC | 21 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 29 | |
| rco-miR156h | GCTCTCTATGCTTCTGTCATC | 21 | 48 | 106 | 2 | 8 | 82 | |
| 160 | rco-miR160b | GCGTGCGAGGAGCCAAGCATA | 21 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| rco-miR160c | ATGAGGGGAGTCATGCAGGCC | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 162 | rco-miR162 | TGGAGGCAGCGGTTCATCGATC | 22 | 98 | 43 | 23 | 32 | 20 |
| 164 | rco-miR164a | CACGTGCTCCACTTCTCCAAC | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| rco-miR164c | CATGTGCCCGTCTTCCCCATC | 21 | 18 | 12 | 60 | 5 | 8 | |
| 166 | rco-miR166b | GGAATGTTGTCTGGCTCGAGG | 21 | 7533 | 1685 | 1581 | 2078 | 1428 |
| rco-miR166c | TGAATGTTGTCTGGTTCGATG | 21 | 131 | 46 | 174 | 9 | 18 | |
| rco-miR166d | GGGAATGCTGTCTGGTTCGAG | 21 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |
| rco-miR166e | GGAATGTTGTCTGGCTCGAGG | 21 | 7533 | 1685 | 1581 | 2078 | 1428 | |
| 167 | rco-miR167a | GGTCATGCTCTGACAGCCTCACT | 23 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| rco-miR167b | AGATCATGTGGCAGTTTCACC | 21 | 75 | 94 | 22 | 57 | 79 | |
| rco-miR167c | AGATCATGTGGCAGTTTCACC | 21 | 75 | 94 | 22 | 57 | 79 | |
| rco-miR167d | GATCATGTGGTAGCTTCACC | 20 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 1 | |
| 168 | rco-miR168 | CCCGCCTTGCATCAACTGAAT | 21 | 1650 | 555 | 116 | 1729 | 1276 |
| 169 | rco-miR169a | CGGCAAGCTGTTCTTGGCTAT | 21 | 207 | 5 | 43 | 126 | 503 |
| rco-miR169b | GGCAAGTTGTTCTTGGCTACA | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| rco-miR169c | GCAAGACATTCTTGGCTCTAC | 21 | 59 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |
| rco-miR169d | GGCAAGTTGTCCTTGGCTACA | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| rco-miR169e | GGCAGGTTGTCCTTGGCTAC | 20 | 0 | 354 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| rco-miR169f | GGCGAGCTGTTCTTGGCTACA | 21 | 0 | 410 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| rco-miR169g | GGCAGTCTCCTTGGCTAAC | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| rco-miR169i | GGCAGTCAACTTGGCTAAT | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| rco-miR169j | GGCATGTCACCTTGGCTAAT | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 171 | rco-miR171a | ATATTGGTCCGGTTCAATAAG | 21 | 5 | 45 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| rco-miR171b | CGAGATATTGGTGCGGTTCAA | 21 | 12 | 57 | 14 | 12 | 8 | |
| rco-miR171e | TGTTGGAATGGCTCAATCAAA | 21 | 2488 | 75 | 458 | 355 | 4104 | |
| rco-miR171g | CGATGTTGGTGAGGTTCAATC | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| rco-miR171h | GAAGGTATTGGCGCGTCTCAATC | 23 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| rco-miR171i | CGTGATATTGGTCCGACTCATC | 22 | 230 | 18 | 45 | 181 | 24 | |
| 172 | rco-miR172a | GGAGCATCATCAAGATTCACA | 21 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 20 | 512 |
| rco-miR172b | GGAGCATCATCAAGATTCACA | 21 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 13 | |
| rco-miR172c | GTAGCATCATCAAGATTCACA | 21 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| rco-miR172d | GCGGCATCATCAAGATTCACA | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 156 | |
| 390 | rco-miR390a | CGCTATCCATCCTGAGTTTCA | 21 | 94 | 3 | 161 | 6 | 8 |
| rco-miR390b | CGCTATCCATCCTGAGTTTCA | 21 | 94 | 3 | 161 | 6 | 8 | |
| 393 | rco-miR393a | ATCATGCGATCCCTTAGGAAG | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| rco-miR393b | ATCATGCTATCCCTTTGGATT | 21 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | |
| 394 | rco-miR394a | AGGTGGGCATACTGCCAACT | 20 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 9 | 13 |
| 396 | rco-miR396a | TTCAAGAAAGCTGTGGGAGA | 20 | 17 | 17 | 257 | 7 | 8 |
| rco-miR396b | TTCAATAAAGCTGTGGGAAG | 20 | 899 | 684 | 402 | 371 | 407 | |
| rco-miR396c | GTTCAAGAAAACTGTGGAAAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 397 | rco-miR397 | CACCAGCGCTGCATTCAATCA | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 398 | rco-miR398a | CAGAGGAGTGGCTCCCTGAGAACA | 24 | 0 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| rco-miR398b | GGAGCGACCTGAGAATCACATG | 22 | 127 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| 399 | rco-miR399d | GGGCATCTCTCGCTTGGCAGG | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 403 | rco-miR403a | AGTTTGTGTGTGAATCTAATT | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| rco-miR403b | TCTCTAGTTTGTGCGTGAATC | 21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| 408 | rco-miR408 | AAGACTGGGAACAGGCAGTGC | 21 | 1770 | 357 | 544 | 239 | 337 |
| 482 | rco-miR482 | TTCCCAATTCCGCCCATTCCGA | 22 | 87 | 1437 | 209 | 31 | 289 |
| 535 | rco-miR535 | GTGCTCCCTATCGTTGTCAAT | 21 | 930 | 2218 | 485 | 890 | 1272 |
| 827 | rco-miR827 | TTTGTTGATAGTCACCTAGTT | 21 | 471 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 42 |
| 2111 | rco-miR2111 | GCCCTCGGGTTGCAGATTACC | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |