Fig. 5. Interactions between DE lncRNAs and their trans-regulated DE mRNAs in Chinese cabbage.

a A combined DE lncRNA-mRNA interaction network of the four comparisons (T1, T4, T8, and T12 vs the control, respectively) constructed by Gephi software. The nodes represent lncRNAs (green) and mRNAs (red), and the edges represent the interactions between lncRNAs and mRNAs. The node size corresponds to the number of interacting mRNAs or lncRNAs, and the edge color denotes the number of comparisons where different lncRNA-mRNA connections are present. b Venn diagram showing the number of common and specific matched lncRNA-mRNA pairs in the different comparisons. The black and gray dots represent the lncRNA-mRNA pairs present and absent in the comparisons, respectively. c Number of DE mRNAs regulated by DE lncRNAs. d Number of DE lncRNAs that have potential trans-regulatory effects on DE mRNAs