Relative proportions of compounds found in mandibular glands of Virg, CO₂, and CPM queens.

Abstract

<p>The mean ± SE is shown for the raw data, but to meet the assumptions of the ANOVA the data for HOB, Unk6, Unk 14, and octadecanoic acid were arcsine square root transformed prior to statistical analysis. Statistical differences in the relative proportions of each individual compound across the three groups of queens were determined using an ANOVA with treatment as the main factor. Post hoc analysis was performed with a Tukey's HSD all pairs comparison and different letters annotate significant differences between groups.</p><p>#  =  compound number, Unk  =  unknown, n =  number of queens used for analysis. Retention times and the information on m/z and intensities of the ten most abundant ions for all unknown compounds are available in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0078637#pone.0078637.s005" target="_blank">Table S3</a> and fragmentation patterns for all of the compounds are available in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0078637#pone.0078637.s001" target="_blank">Figure S1</a>.</p