Somatic sex-specific transcriptome differences in Drosophila revealed by whole transcriptome sequencing

BMC Genomics

Table 5 Exon structure differences between female- and male- preferred transcript isoforms

1711 Genes with Multiple Isoforms	5prime Exon	5prime Extension	Internal Exon	3prime Extension	3prime Exon
Number of Genes	786	226	562	275	230
Median Length (bases)	240	21.5	196.5	99	544.5
362 Genes with Significant Ratios	5prime Exon	5prime Extension	Internal Exon	3prime Extension	3prime Exon
Number of Genes	157	49	120	64	36
P value*	0.18	0.43	0.43	0.18	0.018†
Median Length (bases)	194	18	157.5	155.5	725.5
P value⁺	0.012†	0.16	0.022†	0.17	0.043††
263 Genes with Significant Ratios downstream *tra*	5prime Exon	5prime Extension	Internal Exon	3prime Extension	3prime Exon
Number of Genes	118	36	92	50	26
P value*	0.43	0.48	0.21	0.088	0.03†
Median Length (bases)	206	17.5	153.5	467.5	725.5
P value⁺	0.094	0.35	0.026†	0.0029††	0.14
90 Genes with Robust Male Isoform Expression	5prime Exon	5prime Extension	Internal Exon	3prime Extension	3prime Exon
Number of Genes	35	14	25	24	8
P value*	0.11	0.29	0.19	0.0053††	0.13
Median Length (bases)	194	15.5	136	623.5	494.5
P value⁺	0.015†	0.45	0.17	0.00067††	0.46
42 Genes with Robust Female Isoform Expression	5prime Exon	5prime Extension	Internal Exon	3prime Extension	3prime Exon
Number of Genes	18	4	16	7	3
P value*	0.42	0.34	0.27	0.52	0.17
Median Length (bases)	224.5	45	180.5	9	3703
P value⁺	0.28	0.13	0.33	0.087	0.0056††

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