RNA-Seq effectively monitors gene expression in Eutrema salsugineum plants growing in an extreme natural habitat and in controlled growth cabinet conditions

Table 5 DEGs are categorized into discrete patterns of gene expression

Category	Significant comparisons	Determinants for significance	Genes involved(n)	Symbols for Figure4(B, C, D)
1	1	SC > YF	793	▸	Red
2	1	YF > SC	604	◂	Green
3	1	YC > YF	92	■	Orange
4	1	YF > YC	109	●	Green
5	1	YC > SC	40	▲	Blue
6	1	SC > YC	31	▼	Purple
7	2	YF > SC, YF > YC	586	▹	Blue
8	2	SC > YF, YC > YF	297	◃	Magenta
9	2	SC > YC, SC > YF	265	■	Yellow
10	2	YC > SC, YF > SC	118	◯	Blue
11	2	YC > SC, YC > YF	15	△	Purple
12	2	SC > YC, YF > YC	6	▽	Brown
13	3	SC > YC > YF	18	⊗	Blue
14	3	SC > YF > YC	3	⊕	Red
15	3	YF > YC > SC	8	⊠	Magenta
16	3	YF > SC > YC	3	⊞	Brown
17	3	YC > SC > YF	1	⊡	Black

The DEGs presented in Figure 4 are sorted into 17 distinct categories according to the significance of differential gene expression between the three groups of plants. For instance in Category 1, expression of 793 genes was significantly higher in SC plants than in YF plants but expression of these genes was not significantly different between SC and YC or between YC and YF.

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