Research Article

Detecting the Candidate Gender Determinants by Bioinformatic Prediction of miRNAs and Their Targets from Transcriptome Sequences of the Male and Female Flowers in Salix suchowensis

Table 3

Summary of miRNAs identified in flower budsof the alternate sexes in S. suchowensis.

Name miRNA family miRNA sequence (5′-3′)Number of species

Common in female
and male
ssu-miR6423CCGCUGUCGCCACUAUCUUCCU1
ssu-miR169CAGCCAAGGAUGACUUGCCGG58
ssu-miR162UCGAUAAACCUCUGCAUCCAG35
ssu-miR472aUUUUCCCAACUCCACCCAUCCC1
ssu-miR1448CUUUCCAACGCCUCCCAUAC1

Female-specificssu-miR166GGAAUGUUGUCUGGCUCGAGG12
ssu-miR390CGCUAUCCAUCCUGAGUUUCA5
ssu-miR172aAGAAUCCUGAUGAUGCUGCAG3

Male-specificssu-miR156UGACAGAAGAUAGAGAGCAC14
ssu-miR162dUGGAGGCAGCGGUUCAUCGAUC3
ssu-miR160UGCCUGGCUCCCUGUAUGCC6
ssu-miR7841GGGGGUUGCUGUCAAGCAUAA1
ssu-miR167AGAUCAUGUGGCAGUUUCACC4
ssu-miR396UUCCACAGCUUUCUUGAACUG44
ssu-miR472cUCUUGCCUACUCCUCCCAUUCC1
ssu-miR172b/cGCAGCACCAUCAAGAUUCACA2

Number of species indicates in how many plant species the homologous miRNA was detected.