Figure 2.

Spatial distribution of TPS gene in cDNAs of various tissues of adult male and female of C. sapidus. TPSF2 and TPSR1 primers as listed in Table 1 was used for PCR amplification with 12.5 ng of total RNA equivalent of each tissue. Arginine kinase served for a reference gene. Lane 1: eyestalk, 2: brain, 3: thoracic ganglion, 4: antennal gland, 5: gill, 6: hindgut, 7: heart, 8: chelae muscle, 9: hypodermis, 10: testis (A) and ovary (B), 11: hepatopancreas, and 12: Y-organ.