Stage-Specific Expression of Gene Families in Apicomplexans
| Organism | Tachyzoite/merozoite | Oocyst/sporozoite | Gametocyte | Bradyzoite | Constitutive |
| Taxoplasma gondii | |||||
| Fivefold | 234 (41.2)[ii] | 66 (11.6) | ND | 69 (12.1) | 199 (35.0) |
| P≤ 0.05 | 13 (2.3) | 48 (8.5) | 32 (5.6) | 475 (83.6) | |
| Plasmodium falciparum | |||||
| Fivefold | 60 (29.6) | ND | 108 (53.2) | NA | 35 (17.2) |
| P≤ 0.05 | 14 (6.9) | 10 (4.9) | 179 (88.2) | ||
| Eimeria tenella | |||||
| Fivefold | 65 (46.4) | 51 (36.4) | ND | NA | 24 (17.1) |
| P≤ 0.05 | 15 (10.7) | 16 (11.4) | 109 (77.9) |
[i] Based on assemblies where N ≥ 5 ESTs from nonsubtracted libraries. For E. tenella, there were 140 assemblies included; for P. falciparum, there were 203 assemblies included; for T. gondii, there were 568 assemblies included. Two different cutoffs were used, fivefold difference orP ≤ 0.05. NA, not applicable; ND, not done.
[ii] Values expressed as total asssemblies (% of total).