Figure 2From: Identification of miRNAs and their target genes in developing maize ears by combined small RNA and degradome sequencingExpression of 12 miRNAs in developmental ears in maize. The expression pattern of 12 miRNAs detected by microarray experiment (a) and stem-loop quantitative Real-Time PCR (qRT-PCR) (b). Stages 1, 2, 3, and 4 represent stage I, stage II, stage III, and stage IV, respectively. *indicated the significant difference in adjacent two developmental stages (one-way ANOVA and Fisher′s LSD, p < 0.01, n = 4). The blue, pink, green, and purple bars in graph b depicted the stem-loop qRT-PCR relative expression level ± standard error of three replicates for each miRNA in the four developmental stages of maize ears, respectively.Back to article page