Table 2.
Numbers of transcriptome samples for each organ across developmental stages. For each organ, every sample represents a distinct individual. In tadpoles at stages earlier than Gosner 34, the hindlimbs were either undeveloped or did not provide sufficient tissue for transcriptome sequencing
| Environment | Organ | Gosner stages | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 26–30 | 31–33 | 34–36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 42 | 43–45 | ||
| Outside | Hindlimb | / | / | / | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Liver | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | |
| Skin | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | |
| Tail | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | |
| Cave | Hindlimb | / | / | / | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Liver | 6 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Skin | 6 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tail | 6 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |