Table 2.
Number of virgin queens that remained alate or dealated after 48 hr of maintenance in queenless condition. Independent replicates (1–9), each composed of 12 virgin alates in queenless conditions, were set up. Contiguous cells separated by dashed lines correspond to queens which brains were pooled for qRT‐PCR analyses
| Replicates | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alate virgin | 6 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 |
| Dealate virgin (% dealated) |
6 50% |
1 8.3% |
8 66.6% |
2 16.7% |
2 16.7% |
3 25% |
2 16.7% |
3 25% |
5 41.7% |