mRNA/microRNA Profile at the Metamorphic Stage of Olive Flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)

Table 4

Classification of cloned small RNAs from P. olivaceus.

RNA species	Number present	% of Total clones
miRNAs shown in Table 5^a	29	20.28%
Novel miRNAs shown in Figure 4^b	4	2.80%
rRNA	21	14.68%
snoRNA	4	2.80%
Unidentified^c	45	31.47%
Low quality or short sequences^d	40	27.97%
Total	143	100%

^aOnly miRNA candidates that match 100% to one of miRNAs in the miRBase database.
^bMiRNA candidates without 100% match to any miRNAs in the miRBase database, but with significant similarity
^cSequences do not match any known miRNAs or any other small RNAs or mRNAs.
^dLow-quality sequences and sequences less than 17 nucleotides were not analyzed further.