Genome-wide transcriptome analysis shows extensive alternative RNA splicing in the zoonotic parasite Schistosoma japonicum

Table 2 Statistics for alternative splicing events

Alternative splicing class	Sj-F vs reference*		Sj-M vs reference*		Sj-F vs Sj-M
		Percentage (%)		Percentage (%)
# of loci with alternative splicing	5,574		6,442		6,453
Total alternative splicing events	13,438	100.0	16,507	100.0	18,734
Alternative donor site	2,933	21.8	3,578	21.7	4,252
Alternative acceptor site	3,096	23.0	3,800	23.0	5,135
Intron retained	2,814	20.9	3,270	19.8	3,960
Exon skip	2,594	19.3	3,296	20.0	3,961
Exon new	2,001	14.9	2,563	15.5	1,426
5′ Extend	5,263	39.2	6,221	37.7	4,872
3′ Extend	4,322	32.2	4,966	30.1	4,085

Sj-F and Sj-M are the detected alternative splicing events of the female (Sjc-F) or male (Sjc-M) parasite.
Reference* is the reference annotated genes of the two libraries for the female (Sjc-F) or male (Sjc-M) parasite.

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