Fig. 1From: Transcriptome profiling of the honeybee parasite Varroa destructor provides new biological insights into the mite adult life cycleDifferentially expressed contigs across the adult life cycle of Varroa destructorThe adult life cycle of female V. destructor was analysed over 7 stages (bottom part) of the phoretic and reproductive parts of the life cycle. Three additional conditions were included for comparison (upper part): adult male (Male), artificially reared phoretic mite (Cage) and non-reproductive mite (NR). For each comparison between two stages indicated with black arrows, the number of up-regulated contigs is indicated with a green arrow while the number of down-regulated contigs is indicated with a red arrow (Benjamini-Hochberg adjusted P-values < 0.05). Young, young adult Varroa female in brood cells close to emergence; Phor, phoretic female on adult bees; Arrest, female mite in the arrestment stage at the bottom of brood cells ready to be capped; Pre-lay, female mite in freshly capped brood cells with visible signs of ovary activation; Laying, female mite laying eggs in pre-pupa brood cells; Post-lay, female mite rearing developing offspring in pupa brood cells (white bodied with dark eyed bees); Emerg, female mite at the end of the development period of its offspring in pupa brood cells (dark bodied with dark faced bees). Illustrations by Fanny Mondet.Back to article page