Table 2 Genes differentially expressed between nurses and foragers common across all the three species.

From: Gene expression and epigenetics reveal species-specific mechanisms acting upon common molecular pathways in the evolution of task division in bees

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