The 79 ceRNA-miRNA-target gene regulatory networks in the developing maize anther. There were (a) 51 known miRNA-mediated and (b) 28 potentially novel miRNA-mediated ceRNA-miRNA-target gene regulatory networks. The 51 known miRNA-mediated networks were first classified into four categories (i.e., “Up”, “Down”, “First up, then down”, and “First down, then up”) based on the expression patterns of known miRNAs shown in Figure 2, and then were numbered from “1” to “51”. The 28 potentially novel miRNA-mediated regulatory networks were also classified and numbered from “52” to “79”. Please refer to Table S5 for the detailed information of ceRNAs, miRNAs, and target genes located in the 79 regulatory networks.