Table 2 Genes differentially expressed between nurses and foragers common across all the three species.
A. mellifera sample | Gene | Commonly biased |
|---|---|---|
Head | Basement membrane-specific heparan sulfate proteoglycan core protein | Nurses: A. mellifera, T. angustula |
Cytochrome c | Nurses: A. mellifera, B. terrestris, T. angustula | |
Histone h3 | Nurses: B. terrestris, T. angustula | |
Mucin-2-like | Nurses: A. mellifera, T. angustula | |
Cytochrome p450 | Foragers: A. mellifera, B. terrestris, T. angustula | |
Thorax | Basement membrane-specific heparan sulfate proteoglycan core protein | Nurses: A. mellifera, T. angustula |
Putative fatty acyl-coa reductase cg5065 | Foragers: A. mellifera, T. angustula | |
Cathepsin l | Nurses: A. mellifera, B. terrestris, T. angustula | |
Cytochrome p450 | Foragers: A. mellifera, B. terrestris, T. angustula | |
Targeting protein for xklp2 | Nurses: B. terrestris, T. angustula | |
Abdomen | Basement membrane-specific heparan sulfate proteoglycan core protein | Nurses: A. mellifera, T. angustula |
Histone h3 | Nurses: B. terrestris, T. angustula | |
Mucin-2-like | Nurses: A. mellifera, T. angustula | |
Putative fatty acyl-coa reductase cg5065 | Foragers: A. mellifera, T. angustula |