Table 2 Comparion of the miRNA families identified in Arabidopsis, rice, Amborella and sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)

miR156

10

12

4

5

miR157

4

0

0

4

miR159

3

6

1

3

miR160

3

6

1

3

miR162

2

2

0

3

miR164

3

6

2

4

miR165

2

0

0

2

miR166

7

13

4

4

miR167

4

10

1

4

miR168

2

2

1

3

miR169

14

18

3

12

miR170

1

0

0

3

miR171

3

9

3

7

miR172

5

4

1

7

miR319

3

2

5

4

miR390

2

1

1

2

miR393

2

2

1

8

miR394

2

1

1

3

miR395

6

25

1

2

miR396

2

8

5

15

miR397

2

2

2

1

miR398

3

2

1

3

miR399

6

11

0

6

miR403

1

0

0

1

miR408

1

1

0

6

miR529

0

2

0

1

miR530

0

1

0

2

miR535

0

1

1

1

miR827

1

1

0

1

miR828

1

0

1

1

miR837

1

0

0

1

miR1432

0

1

0

1

miR2111

2

0

1

2

miR2118

0

17

0

2

miR2275

0

4

0

2

miR2950

0

0

1

2