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. 2016 Sep 22;6:33813. doi: 10.1038/srep33813

Figure 3. Expression patterns of genes related to carbohydrate digestion.

Figure 3

(A) Pentose phosphate pathway. The pentose phosphate pathway was induced in larvae feeding in sugar maple. Genes highlighted in blue were more highly induced in larvae feeding in sugar maple while genes highlighted in yellow were more highly induced in larvae feeding in artificial diet. (B) Expression patterns of glycoside hydrolases detected in larval midguts. Several genes with the ability to metabolize non-plant cell wall carbohydrates were induced in larvae fed in either sugar maple or artificial diet. Blue indicates high expression levels and yellow indicates low expression levels. (C) Expression patterns of other digestive related genes detected in larval midguts. Aldo-keto reductases, GMC oxidoreductases, and heme peroxidases, have been previously hypothesized to be involved in woody tissue degradation in wood-feeding insects. Blue indicates high expression levels; yellow indicates low expression levels.