Fig. 3

Transcriptome-wide differences in transcript abundances. Shown are log₂-fold change against -log₁₀ of the adjusted p-value (padj) for all genes. A Volcano plot of male vs. female worms parasitizing barbel. B Volcano plot of male vs. female worms parasitizing eel. C Volcano plot of female worms parasitizing barbel and eel. D Volcano plot of male worms parasitizing barbel and eel. Each dot represents a gene. Red dots indicate genes showing significant expression differences (padj ≤ 0.05), black dots indicate genes showing non-significant differences between the groups compared. Differences are more pronounced between male and female acanthocephalans from barbel and between female worms from barbel and eel than in the other pairs of comparison