Fig. 3

The expression pattern of ten selected genes identified by RNA-Seq was verified by qRT-PCR. a Heat map showing the expression changes (log2-fold change) in response to the CK to M5 treatments for each candidate gene as measured by RNA-Seq and qRT-PCR. b Scatter plot showing the changes in the expression (log2-fold change) of selected genes based on RNA-Seq via qRT-PCR. The gene expression levels are indicated by coloured bars