Figure 1.

Transcriptome profile of anther development. (a) Anther development transcript sizes overlaid with a line graph depicting the percentage of specifically expressed genes in individual stages. The figure highlights that the meiotic anthers have the largest transcriptome, whereas, anthers at the tri-nucleate stage of pollen development show a comparatively smaller transcriptome, but with the largest proportion of specific genes. (b) Venn diagrams showing the constitution of vegetative tissues (leaf and root), seed and anther transcriptomes with component overlaps amongst them.