Fig. 2
From: Cell type specific polyploidization in the royal fat body of termite queens
Ploidy analysis from flow cytometry of the fat body and head cells from young and matured queens from field colonies. A Examples of the histograms obtained for young and matured queens are presented. In each histogram, the first peak corresponds to the distribution of 2C-DNA nuclei, whereas the second, the third, and the fourth correspond to the distribution of 4C- 8C- and 16C-DNA nuclei, respectively. The ploidy was determined by analysis of the head cells (diploid; 2C, [19]). Images of insects and ovaries were included. B The proportion of polyploid cells in the fat body between young and mature field-collected nymphoid queens. Box plots show the median (center line), 75th percentiles (top of box), 25th percentiles (bottom of box), and whiskers connect the largest and smallest values within 1.5 interquartile ranges. The red diamonds indicate mean percentages of each category. Dots are individual values. Asterisks indicate a significant difference (linear mixed-effect model with a Wald chi‐square test, ***p < 0.05)