Table 1.

Overview of the obtained RNA-Seq data in the different onion scales

Scale position	No. clean reads	No. mapping reads	% mapping
1st – Outer (a)	20,962,091	17,926,086	85.5
1st – Outer (b)	17,903,262	14,995,844	83.8
5th – Intermediate (a)	17,637,477	14,698,083	83.3
5th – Intermediate (b)	16,373,596	13,699,655	83.7
8th – Inner (a)	18,244,378	15,166,837	83.1
8th – Inner (b)	19,101,529	16,153,007	84.6

^∗a and b two replicates.