FIGURE 2.

Similarity heat map of key cuticular wax-related genes involved in drought tolerance in different species. Genesis software was used to estimate the similarity among selected protein sequences of different plant and algal species. Candidate protein sequences were selected by BLASTP searches which satisfied E-value < 10^-10 and query coverage > 50% (A) and an E-value < 10^-5 (B). Colored squares indicate protein sequence similarity from zero (yellow) to 100 (red). Gray squares indicate proteins that are satisfied with the selection criteria.