Figure 2.

Expression of ZmLox6 in maize tissues. The abundance of transcripts is expressed as protein‐coding transcripts per million (PTPM). The number of libraries for each of the tissues used to average the data was 28 for root, 2 for stalk, 53 for leaf, 19 for ear, 11 for tassel, 10 for silk and 2 for pollen (a). Each library was sampled on average four times. For the leaf on the ear‐bearing node, the data were averaged across 16 libraries each for the R1 to R3 stage and 15 libraries each for the R4 and R5 stages (b). A reduction in the expression of the ZmLOX6 mRNA was commensurate with the log phase of grain filling, which starts at approximately the R2 stage, and follows the same trend as protein concentration in the ear leaf after flowering as shown in Figure 8.