Fig. 8.

Expression of genes encoding starch and sucrose metabolism pathway in bamboo shoots at four growth and developmental stages. a Expression of genes involved in starch and sucrose metabolism pathway in the top part of bamboo shoots. b Expression of genes involved in starch and sucrose metabolism pathway in the basal part of bamboo shoots. Each column in the diagram represents a growth stage, and each row refers to a gene. The colours in the diagram show the expression values of each gene at every stage after the standardized process. The red colour indicates relatively high expression of the gene at that stage, while the blue colour indicates relatively low expression. The digits below the upper-right colour bar refer to the detailed variation tendency of expressed genes. On the left is the tree diagram of gene clusters and the block diagram of sub-clusters. On the right is the gene names. The closer two gene branches are, the more similar their expression levels