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. 2014 Mar 18;35(2):92–98. doi: 10.11813/j.issn.0254-5853.2014.2.092

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In a natural environment, <italic>TOR</italic> mRNA expression in the 3rd instar queen larvae is higher than in worker larvae (Colony A: <italic>t</italic>=2.294, <italic>df</italic>=50, <italic>P</italic>=0.0260; Colony B: <italic>t</italic>=3.289, <italic>df</italic>=45, <italic>P</italic>=0.0020) , whereas mRNA expression levels of the <italic>S6K</italic> gene (Colony A: <italic>t</italic>=0.3951, <italic>df</italic>=50, <italic>P</italic>=0.6944; Colony B: <italic>t</italic>=1.874, <italic>df</italic>=45, <italic>P</italic>=0.0674) and <italic>Dnmt3</italic> gene (Colony A: <italic>t</italic>=0.1135, <italic>df</italic>=50, <italic>P</italic>=0.9101; Colony B: <italic>t</italic>=0.3640, <italic>df</italic>=45, <italic>P</italic>=0.7176) did not differ between queen and worker larvae. W: Worker; Q: Queen; Bars are means + <italic>s.e</italic>.; 3rd: 3-day old larvae; asterisk: significant difference.

Comparison of relative quantity (RQ) of TOR gene (A) , S6K gene (B) and Dnmt3 gene (C) mRNA levels in 3rd instar larvae