## 3 Results
### Identification of Conserved miRNAs in G. sinensis Pods
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c} \hline \hline \multirow{2}{*}{**miRNA**} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{**Read Count**} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{**Sequence (5\({}^{\prime}\)-3\({}^{\prime}\))**} \\ \cline{2-5}  & **GSM** & **GSJ** & **GSS** & \\ \hline _miR7984a_ & 82,492.5 & 268,297.5 & 208,928.5 & UCCGACUUUGGAAAUGACUU \\ \hline _miR7696a-3p_ & 27,181.5 & 155,590.5 & 168,177.5 & UUCAAAUGAGAACUUUGAAAG \\ \hline _miR87967_ & 0 & 96,130.5 & 131,227.5 & GAUGGAAAGGACUUUGAAAAAGA \\ \hline _miR2093-5p_ & 0 & 89,975 & 80,110.5 & GUCCUGUUACUUGGAAAGA \\ \hline _miR85813_ & 24,358.5 & 82,385.5 & 41,766 & ACAGCAGGUGUGCAUGGA \\ \hline _miR2916_ & 13,876.5 & 79,125 & 73,311.5 & UUGGGGGCCUGAAGCAUGACGA \\ \hline _miR1520n_ & 0 & 76,947.5 & 0 & UCAACUCAGAACUGUGACGGACA \\ \hline _miR395x_ & 0 & 51,046.5 & 0 & GUGAAGUGUUCGGAUCGCU \\ \hline _miR7990b_ & 0 & 49,339 & 0 & GAAUAUUCAAAUGAGAACUUUG \\ \hline _miR85386_ & 10,617 & 43,959.5 & 2505 & CGUCGCGUCGCGCCGACUG \\ \hline _miR84342_ & 0 & 38,655 & 0 & AAUGCAUUGAGAGGUGUAGGAUG \\ \hline _miR7532a_ & 12,331 & 36,495.5 & 11,995.5 & GAACGCCUCUGUGCGAUGGA \\ \hline _miR82199_ & 12,674.5 & 32,087.5 & 29,888.5 & UGAUACUCGACGGAUCG \\ \hline _miR5568f-3p_ & 9716.5 & 29,972 & 22,125.5 & GUCUGGUAAUUGGAAUGAUG \\ \hline _miR1026a_ & 15,261 & 26,264.5 & 37,665.5 & UGUGAAAUGACUGAGGA \\ \hline _miR3444a-5p_ & 0 & 21,517.5 & 318 & GUUGGGAGCUCGAAAG \\ \hline _miR7545_ & 4872 & 20,466.5 & 12,665 & UUGAGAAAAUUAGAGUGCU \\ \hline _miR827-5p_ & 0 & 16,313 & 13,833.5 & UUUUGUGUGUACCUACUC \\ \hline _miR8141_ & 0 & 15,003.5 & 0 & UCGUCUGUGUGUGUU \\ \hline _miR396a-5p_ & 0 & 14,387 & 41,980.5 & UUCCCACAGCUUUCUGACUG \\ \hline _miR1110_ & 0 & 10,075 & 4623 & GCAGGGCGUGUGCAUGGA \\ \hline _miR159a_ & 324,743 & 9399.5 & 32,021.5 & UUUUGAAAGGAGGCCUUA \\ \hline _miR4994-3p_ & 0 & 7722.5 & 12,323.5 & UAAUUUCUGAGCUCAAUACA \\ \hline _miR567 Ta_ & 2145.5 & 5020.5 & 10,828 & CAUGUGUGUGUGACGGGUGAC \\ \hline _miR166b_ & 97,140 & 2943 & 3178 & UCGGACCAGGCUUCAUUCCCC \\ \hline _miR159b-3p_ & 74,369 & 2309 & 14,130.5 & UUUUGGAAUGAAGGGCUCUU \\ \hline _miR8482b_ & 59,366.5 & 2286.5 & 6964.5 & UCUUACCUAUUCCUCCCAUGCC \\ \hline _miR1448_ & 28,824 & 1770 & 3446.5 & UCUUUUCCAACCUCCCAUACU \\ \hline _miR7767-5p_ & 18,941.5 & 1719.5 & 4330.5 & CCAAGAUGAGUGCCUCUCCCC \\ \hline _miR482a-3p_ & 15,428 & 916 & 1588 & UUCCCCAAU \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c} \hline \hline
**miRNA** & **Species** & **miRNA** & **Species** \\ \hline _miR8762_ & _Glycine max_ & _miR4995_ & _Glycine max_ \\ \hline _miR8748_ & _Glycine max_ & _miR4994-3p_ & _Glycine max_ \\ \hline _miR8736_ & _Glycine max_ & _miR84416a_ & _Glycine max_ \\ \hline _miR862b_ & _Glycine max_ & _miR415a-5p_ & _Glycine max_ \\ \hline _miR87545_ & _Lotus japonicus_ & _miR84415a-3p_ & _Glycine max_ \\ \hline _miR87532a_ & _Lotus japonicus_ & _miR4412-3p_ & _Glycine max_ \\ \hline _miR8780d_ & _Glycine max_ & _miR84387d_ & _Glycine max_ \\ \hline _miR8770a_ & _Glycine max_ & _miR84380b_ & _Glycine max_ \\ \hline _miR8741a_ & _Medicago truncatula_ & _miR2670a_ & _Medicago truncatula_ \\ \hline _miR8678_ & _Glycine max_ & _miR2658_ & _Medicago truncatula_ \\ \hline _miR8677_ & _Glycine max_ & _miR2624_ & _Medicago truncatula_ \\ \hline _miR8672_ & _Glycine max_ & _miR2619a_ & _Medicago truncatula_ \\ \hline _miR8671a_ & _Glycine max_ & _miR2592 bm-5p_ & _Medicago truncatula_ \\ \hline _miR8559-5p_ & _Medicago truncatula_ & _miR82199_ & _Medicago truncatula_ \\ \hline _miR8282_ & _Medicago truncatula_ & _miR81535a_ & _Glycine max_ \\ \hline _miR8258_ & _Medicago truncatula_ & _miR81520n_ & _Glycine max_ \\ \hline _miR8209_ & _Medicago truncatula_ & _Clive max_ \\ \hline _miR85208a_ & _Medicago truncatula_ & _miR82198_ & _Medicago truncatula_ \\ \hline _miR85037c_ & _Glycine max_ & _miR82198_ & _Medicago truncatula_ \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular} Note: In the heatmap, GSM, GSJ, and GSS represent the highly expressed conservative miRNAs in May, July, and September, respectively.  
\end{table} 
Table 3: Known miRNAs that were specifically conserved in legumes from _Gleditsia sinensis_.