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In vertebrate,approximately 98%expressed transcripts are non coding RNAs(ncRNAs),including short non-coding RNAs(such as micro-RNA)and long non-coding RNAs(IncRNA).Previous studies suggested that In-cRNAs could potentially interact with other ncRNAs including miRNAs and modulate their regulatory role through interactions.As an established model organism,chicken bridges the evolutionary gap between mammals and other vertebrates.However,compared to mammals,knowledge regarding the chicken transcriptome during de-velopmental stages and different tissues is very limited.Actually,little is known about the temporal and spatial expression,functional roles of ncRNAs in Tibetan chicken.To make a better understanding of the dynamic ex-pression pattern,and elucidate the interactions between miRNAs and IncRNAs in chicken,we systematically cata-loged the profiles of IncRNAs and miRNAs on 1)skeletal muscle from female Tibetan chicken embryos across 15 development periods which contained 7 time points of embryo stages and 8 time points ranging from 1 day old to 12 years old;and 2)9 tissues of female Tibetan chickens at the age of 300 day using RNA-seq.We catalogued the expression profiles of 11,550 rRNA genes,31,265 IncRNA transcripts,884 known miRNAs and 20,947 alternatively spliced transcript variants in all developmental stages;and 11,049 mRNA genes,30,576 In-cRNA transcripts,781 known miRNAs and 21,447 alternatively spliced transcript variants in all tissues.A large number of transcripts showed development-dependent and tissue-dependent differential expression patterns,genes of 15developmental stages exhibited dynamic expression pattern which reach the major peak at 3 years old and the second peak at embryo day 15,and trough at the first day after hatching,differentiallyexpressed genes(DEGs)related to muscle development showed development-specific regulatory mechanism in myogenesis.Lung,liver and chest muscle were top 3 dominant expressed tissues and tissue-enrichd DEGs reflected tissue-specific biological activities.The interaction network among IncRNAs,mRNAs and miRNAs elucidated the regulatory mechanisms of IncRNA and miRNAs in chicken development.Our data greatly increased the number of chicken ncRNAs in the non-protein coding RNA database,facilitated the understanding of the ncRNAs expression in de-velopmental stages and various tissues in adult chicken.These results may provide further insight into skeletal muscle development and help us to improve poultry quality.