Table 3. Summary of mapping of wheat sRNA reads in related monocot species.

miRNAs	Ancestral Species	Brachypodium	Hordeum	Oryza
Known miRNAs	6	58	90	76
True Novel miRNAs	4	28	95	17
Candidate Novel miRNAs	113	363	817	250

Putative wheat miRNAs were mapped onto available genome sequence of other monocot plants (Brachypodium distachyon, Hordeum vulgare and Oryza sativa) and progenitors of wheat (Triticum urartu, Aegilops speltoides and Aegilops tauschii). Novel miRNAs for which corresponding star sequences were found (true novel); not found (candidate novel).