Figure 1: Mean normalized read counts for six miRNAs obtained by sRNA-seq of pooled whole body preparations of female larvae of Bombus terrestris and identified as being differentially expressed between queen- and worker-destined larvae.
From: MicroRNAs Associated with Caste Determination and Differentiation in a Primitively Eusocial Insect
Error bars represent the range of the normalized read counts across three replicate libraries for each phenotype (all libraries excluding EW4, LW4, EQ2 and LQ2; see Supplementary Information). Phenotype: EW, early-instar worker-destined larvae; LW, late-instar worker-destined larvae; EQ, early-instar queen-destined larvae; LQ, late-instar queen-destined larvae. Asterisks indicate, within instars between caste phenotypes, pairs of phenotypes showing differential expression (i.e. when log2(OFC) ≥ 1).
