Figure 4

Developmental expression profiles of Xenos vesparum XvE93 in the transition from larvae to adults. (A) XvE93 mRNA levels were measured by qRT-PCR in the larva-to-adult transition in male (4^th, pupa, adult) and female (4^th and adult) whole bodies. (B) XvE93 mRNA levels (qRT-PCR) in the whole body of 3^th, early and late 4^th and neotenic females. Transcript abundance values in panels A and B are normalized against the XvRibosomal 18S transcript. The range of expression is shown by Boxplot: boxes demarcate the upper and lower quartiles, while the heavy bar indicates the median value of normalized expression. Whiskers extend to the most extreme values. Points represent each individual measurement. Different letters in panel B represent groups with significant differences according to ANOVA test (Tukey, p ≤ 0.005).