Figure 5.

Orthologs of AE genes are expressed in the antennae of other insect species. (A) At least one of the four other insect genomes examined (Anopheles, Harpegnathos, Apis, Tribolium) contained an unambiguous ortholog for 48 of the 96 AE genes examined. The box shading indicates if a genomic ortholog of the AE gene was identified (white or red) or not (gray) in a particular species. Red signifies that the ortholog is expressed in the antenna of that species, whereas white indicates the ortholog is not expressed. (B) The graph depicts the number of AE genes with genomic orthologs found in 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4 of the examined species. (C) The graph shows the number of genomic orthologs of AE genes found in each insect species and the proportion of those orthologs that were detected in the antennal transcriptome of that species. Similar coloring as in A. (D) The graph shows the percentage of the AE gene orthologs and orthologs of randomly selected genes not expressed in each species.