Identification and characterization of novel and conserved microRNAs in several tissues of the Chinese rare minnow (Gobiocypris rarus) based on illumina deep sequencing technology

Table 1 Read statistics of the obtained small RNAs

Items	Total reads	Unique reads
Raw reads	26,930,553
High-quality reads (> =18 nt)	25,434,468	2,118,439
Aligned to the zebrafish genome	15,956,842	160,650
Conserved miRNAs in Metazoa	732,306	2,222
Non-conserved in Metazoa	15,224,536	158,428
Reads for novel miRNA prediction	7,709,152	53,473
rRNA	6,851,768	33,644
tRNA	375,439	8,725
snoRNA	6,984	1,261
Other	185,255	8,400

ISSN: 1471-2164