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Table 3 Magnitude of Log2 fold changes for DEGs in Sitobion avenae biotypes 1 and 3 in response to host plant transfer

From: Transcriptome profiling revealed potentially important roles of defensive gene expression in the divergence of insect biotypes: a case study with the cereal aphid Sitobion avenae

  

Biotype 1

Biotype 3

Wilcoxon W

p value

N

Mean (SE)

N

Mean (SE)

Common DEGs

Upregulated

28

0.43 (0.052)

6

0.67 (0.218)

456

0.125

Downregulated

11

0.76 (0.306)

33

0.58 (0.059)

731

0.769

Specific DEGs

Upregulated

47

0.61 (0.058)

191

0.53 (0.068)

20,984

< 0.001

Downregulated

40

1.14 (0.178)

631

0.40 (0.011)

8629

< 0.001

  1. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) occurred in one biotype only in response to host plant transfer were considered specific
  2. N number of unigenes, Wilcoxon W W statistic for the Wilcoxon rank-sum test
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