Fig. 3From: Correlation analysis of the transcriptome of growing leaves with mature leaf parameters in a maize RIL populationNumber of genes correlating or anti-correlating with one or multiple traits. Traits were separated into three groups: leaf size traits (leaf elongation rate, leaf length, leaf weight, leaf area, leaf width and DZ size), shoot traits (fresh weight and dry weight) and timing traits (emergence, Tm, Te and leaf elongation duration). Positive correlation is colored red (traits of the same group) and orange (traits of different groups), negative correlation is colored green (traits of the same group) and blue (traits of different groups), while purple bars indicate genes that show positive correlation with one trait and negative correlation with another traitBack to article page