Fig. 3

Analysis of the free-living stages, the egg and metacercariae. a Graphical representation of the number of transcripts transcribed by the egg and miracidia lifecycle stages (based on at > 1 FPKM across all three biological replicates). b Graphical representation of the number of transcripts transcribed by the cercariae and metacercariae lifecycle stages (based on at > 1 FPKM across all three biological replicates). Unigenes transcribed by both stages are highlighted in black and the stage-specific unigenes shown in white. c-d Graphical representation of the gene ontology (GO) analysis, highlighting the unique GO terms assigned to each parasite stage (Cellular component GO terms highlighted in green; Molecular function GO terms highlighted in blue; Biological process GO terms highlighted in purple). Key GO terms of interest relating to a high number of transcripts are shown