Putative microRNA analysis of the kiwifruit actinidia chinensis through genomic data

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MicroRNAs are important regulators in the cells that are well defined in various roles. With the advent of new generation sequencing technologies, identification of miRNAs studies increase rapidly. In here, we identified 58 putative miRNAs through kiwifruit genome by using in silico methods. The computational analysis was done through genome and transcriptome data of Chinese kiwifruit cultivar ‘Hongyang’ which has important properties including the high content of vitamin C, carotenoids and flavonoids. Since kiwifruit shares some portion of its genes with diverse plant families, this study may contribute to the further biotechnological studies in other close relatives.