Skip to main content

Table 2 Number of transcripts with significantly different expression in a comparison of (A) naïve and experienced N. bryanti on the creosote diet and (B) experienced N. bryanti and N. lepida on the creosote diet

From: Evidence for functional convergence in genes upregulated by herbivores ingesting plant secondary compounds

A.

 

Transcripts

 

Treatment population

All

Detox

Chi-square

 

Higher expression, N. bryanti, naïve

183

35

Χ2 = 11.92, df = 1, p < 0.001

 

Higher expression, N. bryanti, experienced

199

76

B.

   

Treatment species

All

Detox

Chi-square

 

Higher expression, N. bryanti, experienced

134

69

Χ2 = 14.72, df = 1, p = 0.0001

 

Higher expression, N. lepida, experienced

109

23

  1. Chi square analyses compare the number of detoxification genes with higher expression to the overall number of genes with higher expression across the two experimental groups.