Table 1

Consistency of results compared to an earlier study



Genes differentially expressed in Whitfield et al 2006 (p < 0.001)



Genes differentially expressed in current experiment (p < 0.01)

One-day-old upregulated (1574)
Forager upregulated (1678)
Replicability

A. mellifera
One-day-old upregulated (665)
413
50
X2 = 562.75 p < 10-15

Forager upregulated (662)
60
432

A. cerana
One-day-old upregulated (425)
302
18
X2 = 400.6 p < 10-15

Forager upregulated (317)
22
214

A. dorsata
One-day-old upregulated (258)
174
18
X2 = 267.53 p < 10-15

Forager upregulated (227)
10
172

A. florea
One-day-old upregulated (528)
326
53
X2 = 402.18 p < 10-15

Forager upregulated (611)
61
356


Data belonging to each species were analyzed separately to obtain genes significantly regulated between foragers and one-day-olds by an F test (p < 0.01), numbers in parentheses. The comparison set was obtained from Whitfield et al 2006 [8] and consisted of genes significantly regulated between foragers and one-day-olds (p < 0.001). Only those genes that were present in the gene list of at least one species in the current study were included in the comparison set. Intersects of pair-wise comparisons between the two datasets are given along with results of Chi-square tests.

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