Rather than listing specific genes that manifest themselves differently, or are differentially expressed,
between queens and workers, the
team looked for genes with similar expression patterns across samples that may be involved in maintaining the structural, behavioural and functional
differences observed between queens and workers.
Bindschandler and his
team observed waves on the top of the ice sheets that were
between 33 and 48 feet (10 and 15 meters) tall; when they correlated those to waves on the bottom of the ice shelf, there was a noticeable
difference.