Analysis of some conserved MicroRNAs in corylus avellena L. and corylus colurna L hazelnut species using by real-time polymerase chain reaction

Hazelnut is a important plant species that is used in food industry, dye industry, woodchopping and stock farming, especially, that has benefits for health due to nutrient component. Corylus avellena that has economical value and Corylus colurna used as rootstock play a part among the most common cultivars. There is no study in hazelnut yet, although microRNA studies in many of plant were made until now. In this study, detection of miRNAs that play role in posttranscriptional regulation was aimed. miRNAs are 18-25 nt, short and single strand non-coding RNAs. miRNAs called as post-transcriptional gene regulators cause repress or cleavage of their target, binding to mRNA. In particularly in plants, they cause cleavage of mRNA and play role in developmental process, response to biotic and abiotic stresses like drought, salt, cold or UV. Conserved miRNAs are miRNAs that have same function in different plant species and are present from very old times to daytime. In this study, we aimed that analyzing of some conserved miRNAs ( miR159, miR160, miR171, miR396, miR2919 and miR8123 ) in hazelnut ( Corylus avellena L. and Corylus colurna L. ) that is provided from Giresun Hazelnut Research Instutite using by Real-Time PCR.