Table 1. Distribution of total sequence for small RNAs in small-tailed han sheep.
| Category | Duodenum | Cecum | Colon | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Percent | Total | Percent | Total | Percent | |
| Raw reads | 28,536,048 | N/A | 27,878,234 | N/A | 26,097,405 | N/A |
| High quality reads | 28,493,897 | 100% | 27,836,933 | 100% | 26,057,470 | 100% |
| 3’ adapter null | 268,000 | 0.94% | 443,102 | 1.59% | 248,668 | 0.95% |
| Insert null | 19,580 | 0.07% | 443,102 | 1.59% | 15,055 | 0.06% |
| 5’ adapter contaminants | 9,650 | 0.03% | 9,981 | 0.04% | 8,662 | 0.03% |
| Smaller than 18 nt | 697,631 | 2.45% | 874,414 | 3.14% | 433,880 | 1.67% |
| PolyA | 145 | 0.00% | 135 | 0.00% | 88 | 0.00% |
| Clean reads | 27,498,891 | 96.51% | 26,490,229 | 95.16% | 25,351,117 | 97.29% |
| Mapping on sheep genome | 16,733,785 | 60.85% | 17,005,544 | 64.20% | 16,567,397 | 65.35% |