Differential gene expression in Varroa jacobsoni mites following a host shift to European honey bees (Apis mellifera)

Table 1 Description of V. jacobsoni RNA samples

Bee host	Reproductive status	Collection	Collection sites	Year of sequencing
A. cerana	Reproducing	Drone cells	SC^a, Solomon Islands	Apr 2012 (HiScanSQ)
A. cerana	Reproducing	Drone cells	Ugi, Solomon Islands	Jan 2013 (Hiseq2000)
A. cerana	Reproducing	Drone cells	Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands	Jan 2013 (Hiseq2000)
A. mellifera ^b	Non-reproducing	Drone and worker cells	SC and Ugi (Solomon Islands)	Apr 2012 (HiScanSQ)
A. mellifera	Reproducing	Drone cells	Goroka, Papua New Guinea	Apr 2012 (HiScanSQ)
A. mellifera	Reproducing	Drone cells	Goroka, Papua New Guinea	Jan 2013 (Hiseq2000)
A. mellifera	Reproducing	Drone cells	Goroka, Papua New Guinea	Jan 2013 (Hiseq2000)
A. mellifera	Reproducing	Drone cells	Goroka, Papua New Guinea	Jan 2014 (Hiseq2000)
A. mellifera	Reproducing	Drone cells	Goroka, Papua New Guinea	Jan 2014 (Hiseq2000)

^aSC = San Cristobel, Salomon Islands
^bNon-reproducing, individual adult females were pooled together expecting to get more RNA for sequencing

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