Table 2.

Number of differentially expressed coding and non-coding genes identified from H1 vs H3, H1 vs H8 and H3 vs H8.

Differentially expressed	H1 vs H3	H1 vs H8	H3 vs H8
mRNAs	6716	2563	2903
lncRNAs	1972	1413	636
Known miRNAs	101	114	116
Novel miRNAs	486	606	548

H1 vs H3 = H1O1–H1O3 and H3O2–H3O4 represent 3 ovaries from 1 and 3 months old, respectively; H1 vs H8 = H3O2–H3O5 and H8O1–H8O3 represent 3 ovaries from 3 and 8 months old, respectively, and H3 vs H8 = H3O2–H3O5 and H8O1–H8O3 represent 3 ovaries from 3 and 8 months old, respectively.