Table 3.
RT-qPCR results for adults fed on different diets for genes identified by GeneFishing.
| Gene | Genders pooled | Females | ct value | Males | ct value |
| Defense | |||||
| cathepsin L-like protease | 1.01 ± 0.100 | 1.02 ± 0.046 | 18.23 | 2.16 ± 0.158 | 17.46 |
| cytochrome c oxidase polypeptide Vb | 1.41 ± 0.010 | ||||
| mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit VIa | 1.29 ± 0.045 | ||||
| Mn superoxide dismutase | 1.27 ± 0.050 | -1.01 ± 0.036 | 19.87 | 1.89 ± 0.097 | 19.57 |
| lectin 4 C-type lectin | 1.47 ± 0.005 | ||||
| Glutathion S-transferase 1 | 1.04 ± 0.310 | 1.59 ± 0.258 | 30.63 | 1.54 ± 0.236 | 30.38 |
| ubiquinol-cytochrome c reductase | 1.01 ± 0.070 | ||||
| Development | |||||
| trypsin-like serine protease | -1.19 ± 0.040 | ||||
| hypothetical protein AaeL_AAEL012245, contains chitin binding domain | -2.91 ± 0.240 | -1.43 ± 0.050 | 27.8 | 1.55 ± 0.015 | 28.75 |
| Perithrophin A | -1.08 ± 0.115 | ||||
| myosin I | -1.18 ± 0.115 | ||||
| titin1 | -1.42 ± 0.090 | -1.06 ± 0.236 | 19.52 | 1.17 ± 0.356 | 18.43 |
| Digestion | |||||
| tyrosine-protein kinase | -1.31 ± 0.000 | ||||
| DNA related | |||||
| C14orf124 protein | 1.07 ± 0.060 | ||||
| zinc finger protein | -1.18 ± 0.070 | ||||
| Metabolism | |||||
| alcohol dehydrogenase (acceptor) | 2.20 ± 0.005 | 1.44 ± 0.285 | 28.36 | 2.08 ± 0.030 | 30.64 |
| protease inhibitor 1 | 1.52 ± 0.010 | 1.04 ± 0.175 | 19.56 | 1.17 ± 0.305 | 16.42 |
| Serine/threonine-protein kinase polo | -1.20 ± 0.045 | ||||
| short-chain dehydrogenase | 1.15 ± 0.175 | ||||
| protein disulfide isomerase | 1.16 ± 0.020 | ||||
| Signaling | |||||
| putative G-protein coupled receptor | -1.64 ± 0.110 | 1.05 ± 0.245 | 27.92 | -1.41 ± 0.150 | 30.15 |
Results are shown for animals grown on bacterial diet, where bacteria-free diet treatments were set to 1 (values are mean ± SD).