Transcriptional markers of sub-optimal nutrition in developing Apis mellifera nurse workers

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Table 2 Transcript-based analysis of expression with longer periods of starvation or increasing age

Factor	Constant	Transcripts changed^A	Increased^A	Decreased^A	% Transcripts decreased^B	Difference in % decrease?
						Χ ²	p
Starvation	3d	173	23	150	78.5	64.82	<0.0001
Starvation	8d	20,376	8,983	11,393	55.9	64.82	<0.0001
Aging	Poor diet	91	14	77	79.3	8.33	0.0039
	Rich diet	62	23	39	62.9

^ADifferentially expressed transcripts contain ≥2 exons. Transcripts containing single exons were omitted from the analysis.
^BOf the transcripts that differed due to each factor combination.

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