Fig. 5

Gene expression results for 46 DE genes as measured by qPCR. qPCR was performed for C. pulpican, P. philander and C. macrops (Relative position of the egg-spot/blotch on the fin are shown on top of each panel). Expression of these genes was quantified in the egg-spots and blotches relative to the anal fin tissue. Blue box denotes over-expression, red denotes under-expression and grey denotes no significant difference. Instances where it was not possible to measure gene expression are colored white with NA. ***: p < 0.001, **: p < 0.01, *: p < 0.05, • p < 0.1 (for more details please see Additional files 4, 5 and 6). a Results for egg-spot over-expression dataset (Table 4). In the first column are the RNAseq results for A. burtoni. In the second, third and fourth column are the results for C. pulpican, P. philander and C. macrops respectively. b Results for egg-spot under-expression dataset (Table 5). Details of the statistical analyses used are found in Additional file 4 (P.pulpican), Additional file 5 (P. philander) and Additional file 6 (C. macrops) c Distance tree calculated using the gene expression results (over-expression, under-expression and no difference of expression) as characters