Table 1. Vibration signal performance and arousal: overlap of genes regulated in vibration signal performers and bees exposed to different pheromones.
V+↑ (412) | V+↓ (491) | χ2 and p-values | |
Alarm pheromone ↑ (237) | 22 [32%] | 12 [17%] | χ2 = 10.65 |
Alarm pheromone ↓ (201) | 8 [12%] | 27 [39%] | p<0.005 |
Queen mandibular pheromone ↑ (374) | 15 [21%] | 25 [35%] | χ2 = 7.11 |
Queen mandibular pheromone ↓ (323) | 23 [32%] | 9 [13%] | p<0.01 |
Brood pheromone ↑ (122) | 14 [27%] | 8 [16%] | χ2 = 1.10 |
Brood pheromone ↓ (106) | 13 [26%] | 16 [32%] | p = 0.29 |
Number and direction of expression (indicated by arrows) of genes that are differentially regulated in V+ and V− bees and also by one or more pheromone. Gene expression data were taken from [9] for queen mandibular pheromone and from [8] for brood pheromone. Numbers in parentheses are the total number of genes from each experiment. Numbers in brackets are the percentages of genes regulated in V+ bees that are up- or downregulated by pheromones. Chi-square tests with Yates correction were performed.