Fig. 8From: Transcriptome analysis reveals the mechanism of internode development affecting maize stalk strengthValidation of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) by qRT-PCR. A Three DEGs were up-regulated between the two SS lines and the NSS line at the ninth leaf stage. B Three DEGs were up-regulated between the two SS lines and the NSS line at the tasseling stage. The relative expression level of each gene was expressed as the fold change in RNA-seq data (white bar) and qRT-PCR data (gray bar). The maize actin gene was used as an internal control for normalization of gene expression. Error bars represent the standard deviation (n = 3)Back to article page