Table 3.

Relative levels of the 1.3-kb FER1 HCH mRNAs

Stages	Probe
	A	B	C
LIII	1.1	0.4	0.78
LIII (gut)	1.8	0.55	1.38
LIII (fat body)	1.04	0.27	0.8
LIII + Fe	1.84	0.5	1.4
LIII + Fe (gut)	2.1	1.08	1.13
LIII + Fe (fat body)	1.26	0.43	0.8
LP	1.1	—	1.1
LP + Fe	1.1	—	1.04
DP	1.0	—	1.0
DP + Fe	1.0	—	1.0
Im	1.1	0.29	0.9
Im + Fe	1.8	0.76	1.2

The length and location of probes A, B, and C are shown on Fig. 2. The FER1 HCH mRNA hybridization signals were normalized to the rp49 signals, and the ratios of the 1.3-kb mRNA levels to the 1.5-kb mRNA levels were calculated. Abbreviations are as on Fig. 1.