Table 1.
Number of genes in common among the set of differentially expressed genes between nurses and foragers of B. terrestris, T. angustula and A. mellifera samples. Overlap p value of significance from random sampling is shown; significant overlaps are indicated in bold.
| All DEG | p value | Nurses | p value | Foragers | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. mellifera head and | B. terrestris | 42 | 0.004 | 7 | 0.2208 | 15 | 0.1234 |
| T. angustula | 21 | 0 | 7 | 0.0143 | 3 | 0.0474 | |
| A. mellifera thorax and | B. terrestris | 82 | 0.5314 | 15 | 0.8628 | 39 | 0.0045 |
| T. angustula | 24 | 0.0206 | 12 | 0.0586 | 7 | 0.0021 | |
| A. mellifera abdomen and | B. terrestris | 74 | 0.0865 | 17 | 0.2129 | 19 | 0.6664 |
| T. angustula | 21 | 0.0037 | 8 | 0.1015 | 4 | 0.0727 | |
| B. terrestris and T. angustula | 15 | 3.00E-04 | 7 | 1.00E-04 | 2 | 0.306 | |