Fig. 2: Analysis of differentially expressed genes that are shared between melanocytes and RPE cells. | Communications Biology

Fig. 2: Analysis of differentially expressed genes that are shared between melanocytes and RPE cells.

From: Melanocytes and photosensory organs share a common ancestry that illuminates the origins of the neural crest

Fig. 2

a Gene expression heatmap showing genes, which are specifically and jointly expressed in both melanocytes and RPE clusters. b Scheme of a hypothesis: these shared genes may reflect homology and a common origin of melanocytes and RPE. c GO terms enrichment of specific genes expressed by both melanocytes and RPE. d STRING analysis of these shared genes. e, f Heatmap (e) and STRING analysis (f) of expressed transcription factors specifically shared by RPE and melanocytes. Heatmaps reflect log-normalized gene expression values.

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