RNA-seq of Malus micromalus
Total RNA was extracted from fresh leaves and floral buds using the RNeasy Plant Mini Kit (Qiagen) according to the manufacturer's protocol. Poly-A enrichment, cDNA library construction, and sequencing utilizing the Illumina HiSeq2500 platform with 150 base pair (bp) paired-end reads were conducted at Novogene Bioinformatics Technology Co., Ltd (Beijing, China).