Fig. 1

Graphical representation of the study design and data processing. Phylogenetic tree of the 15 vertebrate species used in this study, which was obtained from the Timetree database (MYA: million years ago). The number of biological replicates of each tissue are shown in parentheses. Each transcriptomic sample of mouse, rat and guinea pig represents a pool of RNAs from 10 individuals. ASA: abdominal subcutaneous adipose; BF: back fat; iWAT: inguinal white adipose tissue; LF: leg fat; ULB: upper layer of backfat; GOM: greater omentum; gWAT: gonadal white adipose tissue; IPF: intraperitoneal fat; MAD: mesenteric adipose; PAD: pericardial adipose; RAD: retroperitoneal adipose; TAD: tail adipose; SAT: subcutaneous adipose tissue; VAT: visceral adipose tissue; LC-MS/MS: liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.