Table 2. Average number of sncRNA species detected and sequencing coverage per tissue type.

	Number of sncRNA							Sequencing details
	Total	miRNA	novel miRNA	piRNA	snoRNA	snRNA	Other	Average number of reads per sample	Average contig length	Avg. quality	%GC	Average coverage
Tissue type	24,794	2,509	288	19,018	259	1,602	412	23,457,233	22.34	33.25	46.26%	28.94
Breast	11,079	1,905	183	6,909	239	1,248	403	25,310,156	22.32	33.23	45.81%	25.36
CNS	10,120	1,793	180	6,150	236	1,175	397	25,633,608	22.35	33.34	44.57%	45.08
Colon	13,985	1,977	211	8,050	232	1,276	392	25,850,349	22.22	33.2	46.15%	22.97
Leukemia	10,728	1,841	185	5,604	228	1,112	387	18,921,562	22.41	33.25	48.77%	20.23
Melanoma	9,536	1,830	179	4,694	224	1,020	383	16,116,671	22.36	32.64	46.56%	28.45
NSCLC	15,707	2,051	232	9,385	236	1,293	398	23,407,812	22.34	33.3	46.18%	22.8
Ovarian	10,422	1,916	188	6,312	238	1,167	398	27,221,870	22.4	34.12	46.56%	41.49
Prostate	6,167	1,393	121	2,589	216	771	344	35,637,053	22.3	33.54	44.44%	30.11
Renal	14,532	1,943	209	8,549	234	1,288	396	23,949,373	22.3	33	45.99%	27.05