Table 3

Isotig and isogroup differential expression in the comparison of only queen and worker castes

Caste

Up-regulated (q > 0.6) isogroups (isotigs)

Isogroups with recognized homologs

Isogroups with annotated homologs

Putative lncRNAs (total identified = 3,824)

Queen

112 (163)

91 (55.8%)

51 (45.5%)

6 (5.3%)

Worker

1,797 (2,380)

347 (19.3%)

217 (12.1%)

339 (18.86%)

Significant differences between queens and workers in the numbers of isogroups and isotigs found as differentially expressed by NOISeq at a threshold of q > 0.6 (chi-square value, 1,083 (1d.f.); P < 2.2e-16); number and percentage of differentially expressed genes with significant homologs recognized in GenBank NR database (chi-square value 102 (1d.f.); P < 2.2e-16); the number and percentage of annotated homologs (chi-square value, 70 (1d.f.); P < 2.2e-16); number and percentage of putative lncRNAs (chi-square value, 236 (1d.f.); P < 2.2e-16) are given.

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