Fig. 6
From: Costs of reproduction are present but latent in eusocial bumblebee queens
Age-related gene expression patterns compared between Bombus terrestris queens (current study) and ageing-related genes. a Comparison with TI-J-LiFe network; each row represents an individual gene from Drosophila melanogaster included in the TI-J-LiFe network by Korb et al. [34] that has a single-copy orthologue in B. terrestris; b comparison with enzymatic antioxidant gene set; each row represents an individual gene from D. melanogaster included in the enzymatic antioxidant gene set by Kramer et al. [36] that has a single-copy orthologue in B. terrestris. In a and b, each column shows the age-related expression status of the focal genes in a given treatment and tissue in the experimental B. terrestris queens. Vertical breaks separate the three tissues (brain, fat body and ovaries). The dendogram at left groups genes that cluster according to their gene expression patterns. Sample sizes: brain: R:TP1G (N = 6), R:TP2G (N = 5); C:TP1G (N = 6), C:TP2G (N = 5); fat body: R:TP1G (N = 6), R:TP2G (N = 6); C:TP1G (N = 6), C:TP2G (N = 4); ovaries: R:TP1G (N = 6), R:TP2G (N = 6); C:TP1G (N = 6), C:TP2G (N = 6)