Fig. 8

Graphical representation of the RNA-seq derived expression patterns of genes known to play a role in stomatal density and distribution (a-d) and leaf polarity specification (e-p) (blue line; refer Note S1 in Additional file 1). Corresponding qPCR data for validation is also plotted (red line; ‘p’ denotes p value; n = 4; error bars indicate standard error). q-x represent both RNA-seq and qPCR data of randomly selected genes for validation. Pearson correlation (r) between the two data for each gene is also indicated. LB: leaf base; T: tendril; D: Digestive zone; W: waxy zone; L: lid. The expanded form of each gene is represented in Additional file 1: Table S3