Fig. 2

Analysis of the differentially expressed genes (DEGs). A Gene expression level boxplot. Each box plot corresponds to 5 statistics (from top to bottom are the maximum, upper quartile, median, lower quartile and minimum). B RNA-Seq correlation analysis. The closer the correlation coefficient is to 1, the higher the similarity of the expression patterns between samples. C Volcano plot of differentially expressed genes. The abscissa represents the fold change of gene expression in different samples, and the ordinate represents the statistical significance of the difference in gene expression; Genes with significant differential expression are represented by red dots (up-regulated) and green dots (down-regulated). Genes that are not significantly differentially expressed are indicated by blue dots. D Distribution of differentlly expressed genes