Fig. 3

Network analysis of D. gallinae transcriptome. Panel a shows the entire network graph of the D. gallinae transcriptome. Every point (edge) represents one D. gallinae transcript and has its own expression pattern across all stages. The location of each point is related to the similarity of their expression pattern. Overall, 44 clusters were identified in the network graph and similar clusters were merged manually to form 17 superclusters. Panel b shows 6 superclusters within this network which were highly expressed in single stages where “E”, “L”, “P”, “D” “AM” and “AF” represent transcripts that have high expression in eggs, larvae, protonymphs, deutonymphs, adult males and adult females respectively. Panel c shows the mean transcript per million (TPM) data for all D. gallinae transcripts in each of the stage-enriched clusters (Superclusters 1–6)