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Table 3 Numbers of hits to known genes of transcripts obtained from different tissues. A transcript was assigned as being associated with melanogenesis if it showed sequence homology to one of 86 proteins from the melanin pathway of the zebra finch (KEGG database)

From: De novo assembly of the dual transcriptomes of a polymorphic raptor species and its malarial parasite

Pool

Overall

Unique to pool

Unique to pool [%]

Associated with melanogenesis

% of all genes associated with melanogenesis

Blood

3103

289

9.3

184

23.7

Organs

5342

972

18.2

420

54.0

Ventral

7465

1041

13.9

586

75.3

Dorsal

6208

318

5.1

497

63.9

Feathers (Ventral + Dorsal)

8002

3013

37.7

639

82.1

Total

9411

2620

27.8

778