Expansin genes expression in growing ovaries and grains of sunflower are tissue-specific and associate with final grain weight

Table 3 Correlation between physiological trait dynamics and EXPN expression patterns in embryo tissues

Physiological traits dynamics	EXPNs expression patterns in embryo tissue	Correlation index	P-value
Grain volume	EXPN15	0.74	0.000
Grain volume	EXPN1	0.56	0.002
Grain volume	EXPN1.2	−0.58	0.004
Grain weight	EXPN4	−0.76	0.000
Grain weight	EXPN1	0.73	0.000
Grain weight	EXPN15	0.77	0.000
Pericarp weight	EXPN15	0.74	0.000
Embryo weight	EXPN4	−0.71	0.000
Embryo weight	EXPN1	0.75	0.000
Embryo weight	EXPN15	0.63	0.002
Length	EXPN1.2	−0.66	0.000
Length	EXPN15	0.75	0.000
Width	EXPN15	0.71	0.000
Width	EXPN1.2	−0.61	0.001
Width	EXPN1	0.53	0.010
Height	EXPN15	0.75	0.000
Height	EXPN1	0.67	0.001
Height	EXPN4	−0.48	0.020
Embryo length	EXPN15	0.74	0.001

Gini correlation coefficients and corresponding levels of significance between physiological trait dynamics and EXPN expression patterns in embryo tissue

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