Table 2 Cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) that showed significant interspecific differences in accumulation due to having only the D. simulans allele within the region spanned by a deficiency (Df), i.e., due to species-specific differences in genes contributing to the CHC profile

From: The genetic basis of female pheromone differences between Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans

		CHC Name^a	n-C21	n-C22	n-C23	n-C24	n-C25	9-T	7-T	6-T	5-T	7-P	5-P	9-H	9,13-PD	7,11-PD	7,11-He + D	7,11-HD	7,11-ND	23-Br
		Carbons^b	21	22	23	24	25	23	23	23	23	25	25	27	25	25	26	27	29	23
		Features^b	–	–	–	–	–	1D	1D	1D	1D	1D	1D	1D	2D	2D	2D	2D	2D	B
Df ^c	Cyto.^d	Genes^e
Df(3L)ED4457 [1]	67E2;68A7	98							****		**					***		***		**
Df(3L)ED4486 [2]	69E6;69F6	49							**		**	***
Df(3L)XS533 [3]	76B4;77B	161							***		**	**			**		**	**		***
Df(3L)BSC284 [4]	79A3;79B1	12							**
Df(3L)BSC223 [5]	79A3;79B1	12							**
Df(3L)BSC451 [6]	79D1;79F5	48							**
Df(3R)3-4	82F5;82F7	15		**
Df(3R)ED5177 [7]	83B6	5							**		***
Df(3R)ED5330 [8]	85B6;85D1	35										**
Df(3R)T-32 [9]	87B1;87B15	93	**						**
Df(3R)BSC471 [10]	88E3;88E5	9							**
Df(3R)Cha7 [11]	91B1;91F1	71							**
Df(3R)Dl-BX12 [12]	91F6;92B3	63											**
Df(3R)H-B79 [13]	92D3;92F13	65						**	**		**				**
Df(3R)e-R1 [14]	93B6;93C5	31		***	**		***	**	***		**			**				***		**
Df(3R)Exel9012 [15]	94E13	6							**		***	**			**
Df(3R)BSC137 [16]	94F1;95A4	27								**	**	**
Df(3R)Exel6196 [17]	95C12;95D8	25							**			**
Df(3R)ED6187 [18]	95D10;95F8	49							**
Df(3R)ED6220 [19]	96A18;96C3	94										**			**
Df(3R)Exel6203 [20]	96E2;96E6	9							***		**	**
Df(3R)BSC140 [21]	96F1	2										**
Df(3R)BSC547 [22]	99B5;99B6	5				**									**
Df(3R)ED50003 [23]	100F5	—																	**

^aCHC name abbreviations are shown; full names can be found in the legend of Fig. 2. The primary compounds that have historically been studied in this species pair have their name underlined
^bCHCs are ordered based on the number of carbons within the chain and whether the compound is a simple chain with no defining features (-), has one (1D) or two (2D) double bonds, or a branch in the carbon chain (B) with a 2-methyl group. Note that no lines were significant for compounds n-C27, n-C29, 7-H, 7-N, 9,13-HD, 25-Br, 26-Br, 27-Br, 29-Br, or 31-Br, and so those columns are not shown
^cThe italicized number in brackets [#] next to the deficiency name is the same as that overlaid on the biochemical pathway in Fig. 4, and is shown to facilitate comparison. Note that Df(3R)3-4 is not shown on the pathway and thus does not have a bracketed number designation
^dThe cytological region (Cyto.) underlying the significant effect was determined through comparison among overlapping significant and/or non-significant deficiencies. Since cytological breakpoints are not precise for all deficiencies, in some cases we assumed that the significant region was at the margin where a significant and non-significant deficiency both ended. CHCs that had a significant change due to hemizygosity for that region have their P-value represented by * ≤ 0.05, ** ≤ 0.005 *** ≤ 0.001 **** ≤ 0.0001; all others were not statistically significant. Compounds that significantly increased in sim/Df have their P-value representation underlined; those that decreased are not underlined
^eThe number of protein-coding genes (Genes) within each region was determined using CytoSearch in FlyBase

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