Genome-wide transcriptome analysis of the early developmental stages of Echinococcus granulosus protoscoleces reveals extensive alternative splicing events in the spliceosome pathway

Table 2 Identification of stage-specific differential alternative splicing events in early strobilar stages of E. granulosus as provided by rMATS

Sample type	PEP			12 h			24 h			Total events
Event type	NumEvents^a	SigEvents^b	(NT: PEP) ^c	NumEvents	SigEvents	(NT:12 h)	NumEvents	SigEvents	(NT:24 h)	NumEvents	SigEvents
SE	3386	0	(0:0)	2937	53	(14:39)	2903	47	(15:32)	9226	100
MXE	235	0	(0:0)	173	1	(0:1)	155	2	(0:2)	563	3
A5SS	1834	0	(0:0)	1910	2	(1:1)	1908	3	(1:2)	5652	5
A3SS	2147	0	(0:0)	2322	0	(0:0)	2372	1	(1:0)	6841	1
RI	428	1	(1:0)	428	14	(8:6)	420	13	(9:4)	1276	28
Total events	8030	1	–	7770	70	–	7758	66	–	23,558	137

SE skipped exon, MXE mutually exclusive exon, A5SS alternative 5′ splice site, A3SS alternative 3′ splice site, RI retained intron
^aTotal number of events detected using both junction counts and read on target
^bNumber of significant events detected using both junction counts and read on target
^cThe numbers in parentheses indicate the number of significant events with a higher inclusion level

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