Fig. 2: The lncRNA landscapes and their molecular properties in the analyzed Candida species.

a Overall distribution of intergenic (“i’) and antisense (“a”) lncRNAs in the studied pathogens. Numbers on the bar plots indicate the corresponding number of lncRNAs. The schematic tree on the left side of the plot indicates phylogenetic relationships among the species. The green rectangle on the tree highlights the species of CTG clade; b Comparisons of transcript lengths, expression levels, GC content and sequence variation between protein-coding genes (“pc”), lncRNAs (“i” and “a”), and intergenic regions (“ir”) (where applicable) across Candida species. Differences between pairs of box plots within each species are statistically significant (Wilcoxon rank sum test p value < 0.01), unless indicated otherwise.