Fig. 4
From: Salt tolerance involved candidate genes in rice: an integrative meta-analysis approach
Flowchart showing different steps of meta-analysis pipeline used to identify the promising candidate genes involved in the salinity tolerance. The differentially expressed genes detected by more than one approach called common genes in this manuscript. To find the potential candidate genes, the common genes were sought in the salinity tolerance associated meta-QTLs regions. The potential candidate genes that were located on hotspot-regions overlying original QTLs for both yield components and ion homeostasis traits were assumed as promising candidate genes