Table 4 An analysis of patterns of viral load and immune gene expression in single ants, all of which were sampled from the same colony at the same time.

From: Different bacterial and viral pathogens trigger distinct immune responses in a globally invasive ant

Ant

Viruses

Immune genes

LHUV-1

DWV

DEF2

HOP

AGO

1

0.078

0.000

1.185

2.163

1.456

2

0.795

0.000

0.697

1.868

0.891

3

1.748

0.000

0.431

2.527

1.655

4

7.340

0.836

0.640

1.916

1.593

5

12.471

0.163

0.813

0.773

2.579

6

3.476

0.353

0.827

0.677

4.083

7

2.250

1.824

0.985

0.699

3.078

8

0.208

0.211

0.422

0.575

3.244

9

0.765

0.066

0.630

0.707

3.329

Range: minimum

0.078

0.066

0.422

0.575

0.891

Range: maximum

12.471

1.824

1.185

2.527

4.083

Fold change

160.6

27.8

2.8

4.4

4.6

Coefficient of variation

1.277

1.570

0.336

0.589

0.442

  1. Virus loads were extremely variable between ants, relative to the variation observed in immune gene expression. The viruses were Linepithema humile virus 1 (LHUV-1) and the Deformed wing virus (DWV). The immune genes examined were defensin-2 (DEF2), tyrosine-protein kinase hopscotch (HOP), and argonaute-2 (AGO).
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