Table 1.

Genes identified in body louse that are homologous to members of the RNAi pathway in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster^*

Gene or microRNA name	Symbol	Flybase ID	Body louse	E-value
Argonaute 1	AGO1	FBgn0026611	PHUM617260-PA	0.00E+00
Argonaute 2	AGO-2	FBgn0046812	PHUM004130-PA	1.00E−137
Argonaute 3	AGO-3	FBgn0250816	PHUM411830-PA	1.00E−162
armitage	armi	FBgn0041164	PHUM074090-PA	1.00E−158
Ars2	Ars-2	FBgn0033062	PHUM507110-PA	0.00E+00
aubergine	aub	FBgn0000146	PHUM563960-PA	0.00E+00
capsuléen	csul	FBgn0015925	PHUM336830-PA	1.00E−125
Dicer-1	Dcr-1	FBgn0039016	PHUM435060-PA	0.00E+00
Dicer-2	Dcr-2	FBgn0034246	PHUM174480-PA	5.00E−78
drosha	drosha	FBgn0026722	PHUM524860-PA	0.00E+00
Fmr1	Fmr1	FBgn0028734	PHUM440700-PA	1.00E−141
gawky	gw	FBgn0051992	PHUM421980-PA	9.00E−76
Ge-1	Ge-1	FBgn0032340	PHUM249360-PA	3.00E−67
Hen1	Hen-1	FBgn0033686	PHUM430970-PA	1.00E−58
loquacious	loqs	FBgn0032515	PHUM559590-PA	3.00E−90
maternal expression at 31B	me31B	FBgn0004419	PHUM345900-PA	0.00E+00
microRNA encoding gene mir-14	mir-14	FBgn0046827	Present	N/A
mir-184 (microRNA)	mir-184	FBgn0067726	Present	N/A
partner of drosha	pasha	FBgn0039861	PHUM574170-PA	1.00E−160
piRN A methyltransferase	Hen-1/pimmet	FBgn0033686	PHUM430970-PA	1.00E−58
piwi	piwi	FBgn0004872	PHUM563960-PA	1.00E−167
r2d2	r2d2	FBgn0031951	PHUM504330-PA	1.00E−12
twin	twin	FBgn0039168	PHUM129580-PA	5.00E−90
zucchini	zuc	FBgn0004056	PHUM318600-PA	1.00E−16
Hsp90	Hsp90	FBgn0001233	PHUM581090-PA	0.00E+00
Rm62	Dmp68	FBgn0003261	PHUM521070-PA	1.00E−176
vasa intronic gene	VIG	FBgn0024183	PHUM032630-PA	4.00E−24
vasa intonic gene-2	VIG-2	FBgn0046214	PHUM032630-PA	9.00E−30
spindle-E (homeless)	spn-E	FBgn0003483	PHUM492140-PA	0.00E+00
Yb	Yb	FBgn0000928	PHUM090360-PA	1.00E−16
Rhino	Rhino	FBgn0004400	PHUM169860-PA	3.00E−10
Elp1 (RNA-dependent RNApol)	Elp1	FBgn0037926	PHUM473060-PA	1.00E−136

^*Additionally, two microRN As potentially associated with RNAi are also given.