FIGURE 6.

Relative gene expression of antimicrobial peptides in the fat body between the two color lines after Escherichia coli challenge. B and R, relative gene expression without injection; B/R‐PBS‐12 hr, relative gene expression at 12 hr post PBS injection; B/R‐E. coli‐12 hr, relative gene expression at 12 hr post E. coli injection. Different capital letters denote significant difference during the three phases in the black phenotype line at the level of p < .05 by ANOVA analyses, and lower case letters denote significant difference in the red phenotype line