miRNA	microRNA
mRNA	messenger RNA
UTR	Untranslated region
MFE	Minimum free energy
ERD	Entity-Relationship Diagram
ER	Entity-Relationship Model
MRE	microRNA-recognition element
LG	Linkage group
ID	Identification number
DNA	Deoxyribonucleic acid
RNA	Ribonucleic acid
FmMiRNADb	Foxtail millet microRNA database
AppleGFDB	Apple gene function and gene family database
WMP	Wheat miRNA database
pre-miRNA	microRNA precursor
GO	Gene Ontology
EST	Expressed sequence tag
IDE	Integrated Development Environment
JDK	Java Development Kit
SQL	Structured Query Language
RT-qPCR	Quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction
dpf	Day post-fertilization
SRA	Short read archive
FPKM	Fragments per kilobase of transcript per million mapped reads
GEO	Gene Expression Omnibus
bps	Base pairs