Expression profile of Drosophila imaginal tissues through development
To characterize dynamic transcriptional profiles during differentiation, we interrogated the transcriptome of imaginal tissues at different stages during terminal fly development. We tracked down precursor cells along differentiation using GFP reporter lines, in which transcription of GFP was induced under the promoter of genes specifically expressed in a particular tissue . Overall we generated RNA-Seq data from eye, leg and wing from three different stages: larva3 (L3, around 110h of development), white pupa (WP, around 120h),  and late pupa (LP, around 192h, corresponding to 72h after pupa formation). In addition, we also generated RNA-seq data for antenna and genitalia discs (male and female), for L3 and WP, as well as data for four wing compartments (anterior, posterior, ventral and dorsal) for the three stages.