Fig. 7

Expression analysis. TaqMen expression analysis of (a) circAmrsmep2 and (b) circAmrad in brains of nurse bees and foragers from colonies with a typical age structure and SCCs consisting of bees of the same age. The expression is given relative to nurse bees. Bars show relative mean expression with standard error. The number of biological replicates is indicated in the bars. Significant differences are indicated (* p<0.05, ** p<0.01, Two-tailed unpaired Students t-test). In contrast to circAmrsmep2 the expression of circAmrad seems correlated with the allocated task rather than the bees’ age