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. 2010 Dec 9;5(12):e15281. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015281

Figure 5. Effects of dsCq-IAG injection on the androgenic gland.

Figure 5

Sections from the base of the fifth pereiopod of DDW- (A) and Cq-IAG dsRNA-injected (B) intersex animals were hematoxylin- and eosin-stained. High magnification of the androgenic gland (AG) of control intersex animal (C) apparently shows smaller cells than those observed in the silenced intersex animals (D), where a hypertrophied gland comprising of apparently larger cells with highly significant larger nuclei (Mann Whitney U test, Z = 4.438, P<0.001). Top row, bar  = 500 µm; Bottom row, bar  = 50 µm. SD  =  sperm duct.