Figure 2
From: Molecular determinants of caste differentiation in the highly eusocial honeybee Apis mellifera
Functional trends of DEGs classified according to the Biological Process terms defined by GO consortium. (A) Developing workers up-regulate more developmental genes than queens in all studied larval instars. Physiometabolic genes are always more up-regulated than developmental genes (B) Juvenile hormone (JH) treatment induces a queen-like gene expression profile. Left panel: up-regulated genes in L4 queens/workers. Right panel: up-regulated genes in L4 Control/JH-treated workers. The proportion of Physiometabolic and Localization genes is higher in normal queens and JH-treated workers, whereas more Developmental genes are up-regulated in normal and in Control workers.
