highly significantp<0.001
Validation of transcriptome data derived from microarray by real-time quantitative PCR As a confirmation of the validity of the microarray results, a highly significant positive correlation (r = 0.816, p<0.001) was found between the microarray and qRT-PCR datasets derived from the abundance of twelve transcripts in immature, mature and mated males and females ( Figure S1 , Table S9 ).