Fig. 1

Overview of the samples and datasets used in this study. A Samples collected across maize development. B Numbers of translated or transcribed genes detected across all samples. Yellow, transcribed; green, translated. C Number of genes in different tissue categories detected by RNA-seq or Ribo-seq. D Bar plot, number of genes specifically transcribed (yellow), specifically translated (green), or both transcribed and translated (light green) in a single tissue type across different tissue categories; the circular diagram refers to the mean value of specifically expressed genes (SEGs) after dividing by the sample number in each tissue category. E Principal component analysis (PCA) results for the translatome data of all maize samples. The colored circles indicate the respective tissues/stages of maize development: red (leaf), green (kernel and embryo), yellow (seedling), purple (endosperm), light blue (e - ear, t - tassel, i - inflorescence and s - Shoot Apical Meristem), dark blue (root and stem). F Hierarchically clustered heatmap based on the translatome data from all maize samples