Figure 5.

Boxplots showing the Wolbachia wsp gene copy numbers in bacteriomes and body tissues for B. cockerelli and D. citri

The wsp gene copy numbers were normalized to the psyllid single copy house-keeping genes encoding FORKHEAD and ACTB in B. cockerelli and D. citri, respectively. All data points of three biological replicates of each tissue type for both psyllid species are presented. Tissues for each biological replicate are pooled tissues from 15 fifth instar nymphs. Red dots and asterisks represent means and significance (p < 0.01 ∗∗, p < 0.001 ∗∗∗) of normalized abundance values using a t-test.