Figure 4.

Quantification of Neofem genes in different castes. Relative expression levels of Neofem 1–5 genes (A – E) in different castes measured by qRT-PCR. The Y-axis is on negative log₁₀ scale indicating the gene expression levels and the calculated errors (SD), for female neotenics (NF), male neotenics (NM), female primary reproductives (PF), male primary reproductives (PM), female alates (AF), male alates (AM) and workers (W) of both sexes.