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Table 2 Extent of sex-bias in three L. salmonis populations using consensus sex-biased transcripts (Additional file 2)

From: Sex-biased gene expression and sequence conservation in Atlantic and Pacific salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis)

Sex-bias

Population

Proportion (%)

Low fold change (≥1.5 but < 4)

High fold change (≥4 fold)

MALE

BMA2a

51.5

48.5

BMA2b

55.3

44.7

Pacific

37.7

62.3

Mean FC

49.9

50.1

FEMALE

BMA2a

85.5

14.5

BMA2b

98.5

1.5

Pacific

77.3

22.7

Mean FC

84.8

15.2

  1. Mean fold change (FC) was calculated for each transcript using the average fold change across the three populations
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BMC Genomics

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