Table 1.
Expression profiles of investigated candidate genes
| Relative expressiona | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate gene (abbreviation) | Daphnia pulex gene ID | Embryo | Juvenile |
| Hox gene | |||
| labial (lb) | Dappu-36672 Dappu-97497 |
1.35 | 1.598 |
| proboscipedia (pb) | Dappu-44300 Dappu-97500 |
1.433 | 1.276 |
| Hox3 | Dappu-9456 | 1.312 | 1.9 |
| Deformed (Dfd) | Dappu-44270 Dappu-97505 |
1.35 | 1.541 |
| Sex combs reduced (Scr) | Dappu-37195 Dappu-44375 Dappu-97506 |
1.199 | 1.55 |
| Antennapedia (Antp) | Dappu-44334 Dappu-236216 |
1.254 | 1.248 |
| Ultrabithorax (Ubx) | Dappu-9277 Dappu-221891 |
1.253 | 1.601 |
| Abdominal-A (Abd-A) | Dappu-29076 | Not amplified | |
| Abdominal-B (Abd-B) | Dappu-29045 Dappu-97516 |
1.235 | 1.82 |
| Morphogenetic gene | |||
| Distal-less (Dll) | Dappu-9287 | 1.365 | 1.2 |
| aristaless (al) | Dappu-37455 | 1.212 | 1.597 |
| homothorax (hth) | Dappu-4560 Dappu-5009 |
1.1 | 1.539 |
| dachshund (dac) | Dappu-94521 Dappu-94522 Dappu-232746 Dappu-232754 |
1.05 | 1.591 |
| extradenticle (exd) | Dappu-219790 | 1.128 | 2.131 |
| escargot (esg) | Dappu-50534 | 0.7 | 1.951 |
| teashirt (tsh) | Dappu-99118 | 1.276 | 1.377 |
| epidermal growth factor receptor 1 (EGFR1) |
Not predicted | 1.193 | 1.505 |
| epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (EGFR2) |
Dappu-9119 Dappu-53919 |
1.174 | 1.67 |
| spitz (spi) | Dappu-271340 | 1.101 | 1.181 |
| decapentaplegic (dpp) | Dappu-40449 | 0.992 | 1.471 |
| wingless (wg) | Dappu-290640 | 1.306 | 1.616 |
| hedgehog (hh) | Dappu-290571 | 1.122 | 1.579 |
| Endocrine gene | |||
| juvenile hormone acid methyltransferase (JHAMT) | Dappu-300180 | 0.365 | 2.707 |
| Methoprene-tolerant (Met) | Dappu-247693 | 0.943 | 1.584 |
| ultraspiracle (USP) | Dappu-219609 | 0.775 | 1.354 |
| ecdysone receptor (EcR) | Dappu-319648 | 0.736 | 1.158 |
| insulin-like receptor (InR) | Dappu-270048 | 0.84 | 1.956 |
| insulin receptor substrate-1 (IRS-1) | Dappu-52188 Dappu-304473 |
0.825 | 1.81 |
| forkhead box O (FOXO) | Dappu-109005 | Not amplified | |
| Neuronal gene | |||
| tyramine beta-monooxygenase (TBM) | Dappu-1839 | 1.191 | 3.897 |
| dopamine beta-monooxygenase (DBM) | Dappu-62540 | 1.14 | 1.686 |
a Expression levels in the presence of the kairomones are displayed relative to control medium, measured by first real-time quantitative PCR. Values in bold indicate more than 1.5-fold increase.
See additional file 1 placing annotations of these genes.