Fig. 1

Differential expression analysis of RNAseq data. a Statistical analysis of mapping the RecR and RecL libraries' Aedes aegypti strains after quality control; b principal component analysis (PCA) of the RecL (RL1, RL2 and RL3, represented by red dots) and RecR (RR1, RR2 and RR3, represented by blue dots) replicates. c Heatmap of the RecR and RecL gene expression profile in Ae. aegypti. Upregulated genes are represented in green and downregulated genes in red. d MA plot showing the upregulated (green; cutoff > 1) and downregulated (red; cutoff < – 1) genes. All other genes (5775 in total, represented in gray) showed no significant differences in expression (p ≤ 0.05). In the MA plot, each dot represents a gene