Fig. 3.

Expression profiles of sch candidate genes. (A) List of expression patterns of eight candidate genes in the head and epidermis of fifth instar day 3 larvae using microarray data (32). (B) Expression profile of BmTh during the embryonic stage of p50T with semiquantitative RT-PCR. (C) The relative expression level of BmTh between p50T and sch on the day before hatching as shown by real-time PCR, plotted as the mean ± SD (n = 3). The relative expression level of BmTh was determined by comparing the signal intensity with BmRpl3.