Fig. 2
From: Octopamine receptor gene influences social grouping in the masked birch caterpillar
A decrease in DaOAR transcript abundance correlates to grouping behavior. Bars represent means ± S.E., bars with different letters are significantly different (Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney). N = number of replicate trials. A Relative to the DEPC water control, a significant decrease in the DaOAR transcript abundance of octopamine receptor gene was observed at 48 h for dsDaOAR2 (p = 0.001) and dsDaOAR3 (p = 0.0004), but not with dsDaOAR1 (p = 0.642). Transcript abundance was quantified using RT–qPCR. B Percentage of larvae in control and dsRNA treatments that remained solitary at the end of behavioral trials. No significant differences were observed in control vs dsDaOAR-1 where none of the larvae remained solitary (p = 0.05). Significant differences observed in control vs dsDaOAR-2 (p = 0.001) and control vs dsDaOAR-3 (p = 0.0005)