Table 1 Quantitative statistics of MicroRNA166 family members in different plants

Funariaceae

Physcomitrella patens(ppt)

13/13

Selaginellaceae

Selaginella moellendorffii(smo)

3/3

Cupressaceae

Cunninghamia lanceolata(cln)

1/1

Pinaceae

Picea abies(pab)

10/10

Pinus densata(pde)

2/2

Pinus taeda(pta)

3/3

angiosperm

Base group

Amborellaceae

Amborella trichopoda(atr)

4/4

Monocotyledons

Asparagales

Asparagus officinalis(aof)

4/4

Bromeliaceae

Vriesea carinata(vca)

3/6

Poaceae

Brachypodium distachyon(bdi)

10/18

Aegilops tauschii(ata)

5/10

Festuca arundinaceous(far)

1/1

Sorghum bicolor(sbi)

11/11

Zea mays(zma)

14/26

Saccharum sp(ssp)

1/1

Oryza sativa(osa)

14/24

Hordeum vulgare(hvu)

3/3

Dicotyledoneae

Ranunculaceae

Aquilegia caerulea(aqc)

5/5

Vitaceae

Vitis vinifera (vvi)

8/8

Leguminosae

Glycine max(gma)

21/26

Lotus japonicus(lja)

1/1

Medicago truncatula(mtr)

8/10

Phaseolus vulgaris(pvu)

1/1

Rosaceae

Fragaria vesca(fve)

6/7

Malus domestica(mdm)

10/10

Prunus persica(ppe)

5/5

Cucurbitaceae

Cucumis melo(cme)

9/9

Salicaceae

Populus trichocarpa(ptc)

17/17

euphorbiaceae

Ricinus communis(rco)

5/5

Linaceae

Linum usitatissimum(lus)

11/11

Myrtaceae

Eugenia uniflora(eun)

1/2

Rutaceae

Citrus reticulata(crt)

2/2

Citrus sinensis(csi)

13/24

Citrus trifoliata(ctr)

1/1

Malvaceae

Gossypium hirsutum(ghr)

1/1

Gossypium raimondii(gra)

2/2

Theobroma cacao(tcc)

4/4

Caricaceae

Carica papaya(cpa)

5/5

Cruciferae

Arabidopsis lyrate(aly)

8/16

Arabidopsis thaliana(ath)

7/10

Brassica napus(bna)

6/9

Camelina sativa(cas)

6/8

Solanaceae

Nicotiana tabacum(nta)

8/8

Solanum lycopersicum(sly)

3/4

Solanum tuberosum(stu)

4/7

Plantaginaceae

Digitalis purpurea(dpr)

2/2

Labiatae

Salvia sclarea(ssl)

2/2

Asteraceae

Helianthus paradoxus(hpa)

1/1

Helianthus petiolaris(hpe)

1/1