Table 1 Summary of PHAS loci identified from various plant species

21-nt phasiRNA generating loci

Populus trichocarpa (poplar)

125

3

9

137

12

149

Citrus sinensis (sweet orange)

233

1

25

259

97

356

Arabidopsis lyrata

27

1

4

32

19

51

Arabidopsis thaliana

33

0

0

33

21

54

Carica papaya (papaya)

104

3

15

122

33

155

Vitis vinifera (grape)

132

24

77

233

123

356

Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco)

15

1

4

20

6

26

Solanum tuberosum (potato)

146

1

9

156

45

201

Solanum lycopersicum (tomato)

87

9

16

112

11

123

Mimulus guttatus (monkey flower)

16

0

2

18

22

40

Musa acuminata (banana)

18

0

5

23

6

29

Oryza sativa ssp. japonica (rice)

25

4

4

33

23

56

Oryza sativa ssp. indica (rice)

6

2

2

10

6

16

Oryza rufipogon (wild rice)

5

3

1

9

4

13

Panicum virgatum (switchgrass)

10

0

0

10

14

24

Setaria italica (foxtail millet)

16

1

1

18

898

916

Zea mays (maize)

21

0

1

22

239

261

Sorghum bicolor (sorghum)

40

2

6

48

19

67

Amborella trichopoda

19

2

2

23

42

65

Cycas rumphii

12

0

0

12

1

13

Ginkgo biloba

25

0

0

25

0

25

Physcomitrella patens

0

0

0

0

4

4

Volvox carteri

5

0

2

7

20

27

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

126

34

49

209

70

279

24-nt phasiRNA generating loci

Oryza rufipogon (wild rice)

0

0

0

0

7

7

Setaria italica (foxtail millet)

0

0

0

0

23

23

Sorghum bicolor (sorghum)

0

0

0

0

3

3