Fig. 2: Nematode infections affect host survival and physiology.
From: Behavioural individuality determines infection risk in clonal ant colonies
a Survival rate of infected (n = 80 workers in 10 colonies) and uninfected (n = 96 workers in 12 colonies) ants over time. Lines and shaded areas represent means and 95% confidence intervals. b Gene expression in the brain (circles) and PG (triangles) of infected (orange, open symbols) and uninfected (green, solid symbols) ants, visualised with a nonmetric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) analysis. Data points represent pooled samples of 5 brains or PGs. c CHC profiles of infected (orange, open symbols) and uninfected (green, solid symbols) ants from genetic lineages B (circles) and M (squares), visualised with an NMDS analysis. Data points represent pooled samples of 5 decapitated ants. d Relative abundance of CHC classes in infected (orange, right) and uninfected (green, left) ants. Thick black bars indicate the interquartile range (IQR) around the median (white circle), and whiskers represent 1.5 times the interquartile range (maxima: Q3 + 1.5 * IQR, minima: Q1 − 1.5 * IQR). Shaded areas are kernel density estimates. Data points represent pooled samples of 5 decapitated ants. Asterisks indicate the significance of chi-squared-test based model comparison. ***p < 0.001. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.
