Table 3. Statistics of differentially expressed genes among samples.

Sample	Total number of DEGs	Number of up-regulated DEGs	Number of down-regulated DEGs	Number of DEGs specific to earlier stage	number of DEGs specific to later stage
T1> T2	150	78	32	1	39
T1>T5	601	331	94	9	167
T1>T9	675	325	163	27	160
T1>T17	1171	525	205	49	392
T2>T5	117	98	1	0	18
T2>T9	313	194	58	16	45
T2>T17	791	402	92	38	259
T5>T9	44	23	15	3	3
T5>T17	381	144	52	13	172
T9>T17	313	83	13	3	214