A genomic analysis and transcriptomic atlas of gene expression in Psoroptes ovis reveals feeding- and stage-specific patterns of allergen expression

Table 2 Numbers of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between P. ovis life-cycle stages and between “fed” and “starved” mites

Comparison^a	Number of DEGs	Upregulated genes	Downregulated genes
P vs. T	2018	962	1056
P vs. L	277	112	165
L vs. T	2734	1328	1406
AM vs. T	2908	1748	1160
AM vs. P	1590	1167	423
AM vs. L	2162	1451	711
AF vs. T	4585	2143	2442
AF vs. P	5286	2571	2715
AF vs. L	5444	2734	2710
AF vs. AM	5433	2376	3057
“Fed” vs. “Starved”	1227	870	357

AF adult females, AM adult males, L larvae, P protonymph, T tritonymph
^aDirection of fold change is relative to the first stage, or condition for each comparison

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