Table 2.
Tissue-specific and selective genes in the Pepper EST database
| Tissues | No. of specific genesa | No. of selective genesb |
| Pathogen infected leaf | 131 | 146 |
| Flower | 54 | 62 |
| Anther | 2 | 5 |
| Fruit | 184 | 191 |
| Root | 58 | 72 |
| Placenta | 40 | 57 |
| Seed | 217 | 237 |
| Bark | 75 | 86 |
| Peduncle | 152 | 173 |
| Callus | 60 | 79 |
| Seedling | 127 | 147 |
aNo. of specific genes are the numbers of contigs, which are expressed at a significantly high level in that tissue only. bNo. of selective genes are the numbers of contigs, which are expressed at a significantly high level in one or more tissues.