Table 1.

Genes consistently differentially expressed between S. invicta males and queens at three developmental timepoints. dM, diploid male; hM, haploid male; Qn, queen.

gene ID	description	highly expressed in	expression ratioa
			pupae		1-day-old adults		11-day-old adults
			dM/Qn	hM/Qn	dM/Qn	hM/Qn	dM/Qn	hM/Qn
SI.MKN.02608	doublesex (SiJWC04BBN)	queens	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
SI.MKN.02608	doublesex (SiJWD09BCV)	males	10.2	6.2	12.3	9.7	16.1	23.3
SI.MKN.01797	haemolymph lipopolysaccharide-binding protein	queens	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.4
SI.MKN.00692	hypothetical protein SINV_15037	queens	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1
SI.MKN.00233	unknown	queens	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.5
SI.MKN.01413	unknown	queens	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4
SI.MKN.90351	unknown	queens	0.6	0.4	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.7
SI.MKN.90420	unknown	queens	0.7	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.7

^aExpression ratio for the first category relative to the second category.