Fig. 3.

Young subnetwork highlighting Iso-MaSigPro DETs. Shown is a WGCNA-based co-expression network of transcripts, which contains DETs characterising young and middle-aged queens and their one- and two-step neighbors (i.e., young subnetwork; for more information, see text and Additional File 1, Figure S1 and S2). Highlighted are the Iso-MaSigPro DETs of cluster 2, 3, and 5, characterizing young and middle-aged queens (see insert; Fig. 2). Node colors correspond to the WGCNA modules. Transposable element (TE) related transcripts are highlighted with a ‘?’. Transcripts with an asterisk indicate 1:1 orthologs (C. secundus and D. melanogaster). Connection length and width do not have a meaning. Red circles indicate transcripts discussed in the text