Figure 6
From: Ploidy dynamics in aphid host cells harboring bacterial symbionts
The relationship between the size of nucleolus and ploidy levels of aphid bacteriocytes. In the boxplots, central bold lines represent the medians, boxes comprise the 25–75 percentiles and whiskers denote the range. (a) The size of nucleolus was significantly different among ploidy class in all aphid morphs (LM with type II test; p < 0.001 each). Different letters indicate significant differences (Tukey’s test, p < 0.05). Note that 16C/256C, 16C, and 8C bacteriocytes in viviparous, oviparous females and males, respectively, were excluded from these analyses due to the small sample size. (b) Nucleolus size was significantly different among ploidy class in viviparous females (LMM with type II test; p < 0.001). Different letters indicate significant differences (Tukey’s test, p < 0.05). Note that 4C and 512C were excluded from this analysis due to the small number.
