Leaf primordia microdomains from the WildType B73 and lg2-R mutant Zea mays subsp. mays, P4, P6, and P7 collected by laser microdissection

In this study, we collected tissue from early developing leaf segments from normal, WildType maize plants and liguleless2 mutant plants by precise laser capture microdissection. RNAs from laser captured tissues were amplified by 2-step, linear RNA amplification then prepared for Illumina cDNA sequencing. Our data show early gene expression differences between the normal and mutant leaf primordium, prior to the morphological manifestation of the liguleless2 mutant.