Fig. 3
From: Exploring the molecular makeup of support cells in insect camera eyes
Heat maps represent gene expression, where darker colors indicate higher expression levels. A As expected for this cell class, SupC transcriptomes are enriched in key lens (Ln) proteins (Ln 1–3, 5, 7, 9, and 10), with only one of six Ln 7 contigs being enriched in the retina transcriptomes. B As expected, the retina transcriptomes are enriched in genes related to phototransduction and reception. These genes include arrestins 1 (arr1 and 2 (arr2), retinal degeneration enzymes a (rdgA) and b (rdgB), neither inactivation nor afterpotential (ninaA, ninaB, and ninaC), and opsins rh3, 4, and 6. In contrast, nonvisual rh7 is enriched in the SupCs