Fig. 7

Network and heat maps of miRNAs and their targets. a Network of miRNAs (yellow) and their targets (blue). b A combined view of the inverse correlation between the expression of miRNAs and that of their target genes in VMS and VMF. The expression of miRNAs (left) in VMS and VMF was determined by sRNA sequencing. The miRNA targets (right) were predicted by computational methods, and their expression was determined by RNA sequencing. The bar represents the expression scale for the miRNAs (−log10 transcripts per million) and target genes (log10 transcripts per million) in VMS and VMF. Higher miRNA expression levels are indicated by dark blue and higher target gene expression levels by dark red. Non-expressed miRNAs are shown in grey