TABLE 3.

In silico tools and databases employed in the study

Tool or database	URL	Reference
Rat Genome Database	http://rgd.mcw.edu/rgdweb/search/qtls.html?100	53
VISTA	http://genome.lbl.gov/vista/mvista/submit.shtml	54
miRWalk	http://zmf.umm.uni-heidelberg.de/apps/zmf/mirwalk2/	55
miRanda	http://www.microrna.org/microrna/home.do	56
TargetScan	http://www.targetscan.org/vert_72/	40
PITA	https://genie.weizmann.ac.il/pubs/mir07/mir07_prediction.html	57
RNA22	https://cm.jefferson.edu/rna22/Interactive/	58
RNAhybrid	https://bibiserv.cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de/applications/rnahybrid/pages/welcome.jsf;jsessionid=66f943397512199fa3f5352a3318	59
GTEx portal	https://www.gtexportal.org/home/	60
miRmine	http://guanlab.ccmb.med.umich.edu/mirmine/	61
DASHR	http://www.lisanwanglab.org/DASHR/smdb.php	62
Primer 3	http://primer3.ut.ee/	63
LASAGNA	http://biogrid-lasagna.engr.uconn.edu/lasagna_search/	64
JASPAR	http://jaspar.genereg.net/	65
mirPath v3	http://snf-515788.vm.okeanos.grnet.gr/	66
BioGPS	http://biogps.org/#goto=welcome	67
SAGE	https://cgap.nci.nih.gov/SAGE	68
TarBase	http://carolina.imis.athena-innovation.gr/diana_tools/web/index.php?r=tarbasev8%2Findex/	69