Fig. 3: Caste-related changes in gene expression. | Communications Biology

Fig. 3: Caste-related changes in gene expression.

From: Lifespan prolonging mechanisms and insulin upregulation without fat accumulation in long-lived reproductives of a higher termite

Fig. 3

Heatmap representing standardized gene expression (blue = low; red = high) in fat bodies of FW, QT4, and KT4. Annotations to the right of the heatmap include the WGCN module (Supplementary Fig. 2), gene names and gene acronyms in Drosophila melanogaster (D. melanogaster) and Homo sapiens (H. sapiens). The map is restricted to the expression of genes involved in metabolic signaling, lipid metabolism, mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation system (OXPHOS), mitochondrial ribosome proteins, mitochondrial fission, mitochondrial transport, antioxidant defense, and DNA repair. Expression of all genes differs significantly between FW versus QT4 and between FW versus KT4. The number of replicates per group is provided in Supplementary Table 1.

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