Figure 6

Presence of ESTs similar to TEs in maize male flower libraries. A) Presence of TEs of different classes in EST collections obtained from different parts of maize male flowers. Bars indicate the average normalized values for each class and EST collection. Colours indicate the tissues or cells from which the libraries were constructed: blue, anther; red, pollen; yellow, sperm cell; green, tassel; and black, tassel primordium. B) Presence of different families of gypsy-like LTR-retrotransposon in ESTs collections obtained from different parts of maize male flowers. Bars indicate the average normalized values for each family and EST collection. Colour code as in A.