Fig. 3

Quantitative assessment of laminar height distributions of v2r-related OlfC-expressing neurons. Laminar height of OlfC-expressing cells was quantified for seven OlfC genes, including OlfCc1. Complete series of sections from three to five olfactory epithelia were evaluated for each OlfC gene. Height within the lamina was normalized to maximal laminar thickness. a The resulting distributions of relative laminar height (from 0, most basal to 1, most apical, i.e. bordering to the lumen) are shown binned (histogram, top row) and unbinned (empirical cumulative distribution function, ECDF, bottom row). The color code for the OlfC genes is the same as for later figures to facilitate comparisons between different positional parameters. Light grey curves in the ECDF plot for each of the tested OlfC genes represent the distribution for individual olfactory organs. Due to the smaller number of cells, scatter is increased. b Overlay of the seven distributions shown individually in panel a), both as histogram (left panel) and ECDF (right panel)