Fig. 11

Analysis of neural genes (specific or non-specific), gene conservativeness and their association with diseases. a Diagram illustrating the strategy for establishing the relationship between gene expression in vertebrate embryonic tissues and gene conservation. b Statistical data showing the numbers (percentages) of genes with neural specific expression or with nonspecific expression that are conserved in M. brevicollis (Mb), A. queenslandica (Aq) and/or T. adhaerens (Ta). c–e Analysis of association between neural genes and GO (c), pathways (d) and human diseases (e). f–h Analysis of association between genes with neural but not specific expression and GO (f), pathways (g) and human diseases (h). In e and h, cancers are highlighted with triangles