Fig. 2

In-silico validation of differential expression between midtrimester and term gestation groups. Each dot represents a unique annotated gene. The y axis represents the log₂ fold change (term/midtrimester) obtained in the current study. The x-axis represents: a) log₂ fold change reported by Hui et al. [120] (term vs midtrimester); b) log₂ fold change based on a re-analysis of RNA-Seq data reported by Kamath-Rayne et al. [85] between late preterm and midtrimester gestation; and c) between term and midtrimester gestation. R: Spearman’s correlation coefficient