APA roles in longitudinal growth. Pathway progression a from stage 6 to stages 11, 15 and 28 embryos; b from stage 6 embryos to adults (YM, young males; GM, growing males; YF, young females and GF, growing females); c from stage 11 embryos to adults; and d from stage 28 embryos to adults. e Numbers of the uniquely up-regulated DE genes involved in the cell division pathway for before-MZT embryos (B_MZT), after-MZT embryos (A_MZT) and adults; and for embryos at stages 6, 11 and 28 in comparison to adults (E6_Adults, E11_Adults and E28_Adults). f “Summary” pathways enriched with APA sites exclusively expressed in adults. Splitting them into six groups based on their site types made it possible to complete the pathway analysis