Transcriptome Analyses Reveal Lipid Metabolic Process in Liver Related to the Difference of Carcass Fat Content in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Figure 3

Heat map showing the expression profiles of differentially significant transcripts involved in lipid metabolic processes. A total of 52 of 372 transcripts involved in lipid metabolic processes (GO: 0006629) were differentially expressed between the high and low carcass fat content fish groups. H1, H2, and H3 represent the first, second, and third fish in the high carcass fat content group, respectively; L1, L2, and L3 represent the first, second, and third fish in the low carcass fat content group, respectively. Colored bars indicate relative expression levels. Transcripts expressed at higher levels were assigned blue, while transcripts expressed at low levels were assigned white.