Table 2 Pearson correlation coefficients for the different traits analyzed

From: Correlation analysis of the transcriptome of growing leaves with mature leaf parameters in a maize RIL population

		Leaf size traits						Timing traits				Shoot traits
		LL	Lwe	LA	Lwi	LER	DZ size	Emergence	Te	Tm	LED_5-e	LN	V-stage	FW	DW
Leaf size traits	LL	1	0.750**	0.781**	0.316**	0.738**	0.594**	0.245*	0.379**	0.374**	0.424**	−0.255	−0.423**	0.215*	0.206*
	Lwe		1	0.915**	0.688**	0.493**	0.516**	0.258**	0.328**	0.334**	0.332**	−0.258	−0.420**	0.413**	0.311**
	LA			1	0.794**	0.479**	0.526**	0.291**	0.414**	0.413**	0.418**	−0.273	−0.472**	0.297**	0.245*
	Lwi				1	0.063	0.308**	0.307**	0.365**	0.379**	0.298**	−0.267	−0.375*	0.170	0.098
	LER					1	0.507**	0.007	−0.105	−0.048	−0.114	0.176	0.083	0.520**	0.502**
	DZ size						1	0.097	0.113	0.118	0.147	−0.251	−0.266	0.211*	0.219*
Timing traits	Emergence							1	0.620**	0.650**	0.461**	−0.649**	−0.599**	−0.455**	−0.462**
	T_e								1	0.979**	0.894**	−0.621**	−0.701**	−0.582**	−0.557**
	T_m									1	0.787**	−0.601**	−0.675**	−0.568**	−0.557**
	LED_5-e										1	−0.568**	−0.656**	−0.470**	−0.420**
Shoot traits	LN											1	0.834**	0.521**	0.377*
	V-stage												1	0.435**	0.326*
	FW													1	0.893**
	DW														1

Significant correlations are indicated by **p < 0.01 and *p < 0.05; highly significant positive correlations are indicated in bold; highly significant negative correlations are indicated in italics. LL leaf length, Lwe leaf weight, LA leaf area, Lwi leaf width, LER leaf 4 elongation rate, DZ division zone, T _m time to maximal LER, T _e time to final leaf length, LED _5-e leaf elongation duration, FW shoot fresh weight, DW shoot dry weight, LN leaf number

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