Figure 2

Distribution of the number of ESTs with homology to previously described proteins grouped into functional classes from the three tissues: LL4SEG (4^thsegment containing the pheromone gland), LL3SEG (3^rdabdominal segment) and LL5SEG (5^thabdominal segment). Functional classification of the transcripts was based on their sequence similarity to the proteins in the reference databases. A Chi-square test was performed for each EST tissue group across the functional categories to examine the differences between tissues. The double-asterisks represents functional classes where both differences in the number of ESTs were statistically significant (4^th and 3^rd; 4^th and 5^th) and the single asterisk represents functional classes where only one difference in the number of ESTs was statistically significant.