Table 2.

Statistic analysis of clean reads for small RNA sequencing in tuber initiation and expansion stages in yam

Sample name	Tota reads	Clean reads	Mapped reads	Known miRNA	Novel miRNA	Total miRNA
GH16_I_r1	27,687,839	25,438,600	6,388,211	18	50	68
GH16_I_r2	28,663,585	26,268,556	5,872,589	19	47	66
GH16_I_r3	28,610,515	26,482,287	6,086,348	21	49	70
GH16_E_r1	28,256,295	26,276,062	4,593,044	20	49	69
GH16_E_r2	29,343,139	27,085,820	5,032,588	20	49	69
GH16_E_r3	28,395,798	26,406,723	4,642,869	22	50	72
Sum	170,957,171	157,958,048