Target Gene and Function Prediction of Differentially Expressed MicroRNAs in Lactating Mammary Glands of Dairy Goats

Table 1

The number of targets predicted by the eight prediction software.

miRNA name	TargetScan	DIANA-microT	miRanda (http://www.microrna.org/)	miRanda (miRBase)	PicTar (4-way)	PicTar (5-way)	TargetscanS	PITA
bta-miR-29b	962	15	993	304	527	145	602	941
bta-miR-29c	44	14	981	305	532	147	602	3344
bta-miR-375	646	1	787	0	159	34	180	717
bta-miR-135a	610	15	930	0	327	108	397	2279
bta-miR-22-5p	252	10	751	206	258	71	252	1409
bta-miR-885	184	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
bta-miR-214	394	10	844	318	401	103	327	1936
bta-miR-33a	372	11	883	211	246	103	208	1555
bta-miR-451	22	1	815	0	0	0	14	1971
bta-miR-190a	177	8	677	157	88	39	86	1696
bta-miR-378	151	3	623	0	0	0	284	3400
bta-miR-423-5p	159	0	722	0	0	0	9	6161
bta-miR-7	403	15	628	173	234	61	217	1793
bta-miR-423-3p	10	0	722	0	0	0	9	678
bta-miR-99a	18	0	772	9	33	22	32	309
bta-miR-185	281	17	753	281	248	0	162	4171
bta-miR-1	577	18	737	266	390	156	443	2146
bta-miR-2284x	618	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
bta-miR-125a	301	5	834	212	392	0	436	0
bta-miR-382	189	8	755	0	0	0	91	2431
bta-miR-22-3p	465	10	751	206	258	71	252	1409
bta-miR-660	132	0	521	0	0	0	0	615
bta-miR-100	29	1	692	31	32	22	32	309
bta-miR-146a	203	0	772	0	99	18	104	1858
bta-miR-184	25	1	775	87	19	2	16	1425