Table 1.
The 10 selected conserved miRNAs for qRT-PCR analysis in Nelumbo nucifera.
| miRNA family | GenBank accession no. | Target protein |
| Nnu-miR156a | comp21843_c0_seq1 | Squamosa promoter-binding-like protein 16 |
| Nnu-miR159a | comp12092_c0_seq1 | Transcription factor GAMYB-like |
| Nnu-miR160a | comp17106_c0_seq1 | Auxin response factor 18-like |
| Nnu-miR164 | comp11773_c0_seq1 | NAC domain-containing protein 100-like |
| Nnu-miR168a | comp17877_c0_seq1 | Argonaute1-1 (AGO1-1) |
| Nnu-miR171a | comp16457_c0_seq1 | Scarecrow-like protein 27-like |
| Nnu-miR172 | comp9596_c0_seq1 | APETALA2 (AP2) |
| Nnu-miR319 | comp12092_c0_seq1 | Transcription factor GAMYB-like |
| Nnu-miR394 | comp11701_c0_seq1 | F-box only protein 6 |
| Nnu-miR396 | comp3877_c0_seq1 | Growth-regulating factor 3 isoform 2 |
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The miRNA and its target gene were analyzed by qRT-PCR.