Coordination of host and endosymbiont gene expression governs endosymbiont growth and elimination in the cereal weevil Sitophilus spp.

Table 1 Number of DEGs detected for S. oryzae and S. pierantonius throughout 12 time points during the insect’s life cycle

*Comparison*	*Host upregulated*	*Host downregulated*	*Endosymbiont upregulated*	*Endosymbiont downregulated*
*L4 vs L3*	915	1568	98	64
*EP vs L4*	3462	2301	115	97
*P vs EP*	1948	1016	162	196
*D1 vs P*	3032	3197	177	291
*D2 vs D1*	491	261	13	8
*D3 vs D2*	1002	989	82	134
*D5 vs D3*	81	265	114	142
*D7 vs D5*	71	276	10	8
*D9 vs D7*	36	114	3	0
*D12 vs D9*	2	36
*D20 vs D12*	29	65

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