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. 2012 Jan 26;8(1):e1002489. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002489

Figure 5. Gene expression of desat1, desat5, and desat6 in the pheromone gland and abdomen of virgin females in Ctenopseustis obliquana, C. herana, P. excessana, and P. octo relative to housekeeper genes.

Figure 5

In panel (A) the normalised expression levels in the pheromone gland [PG] of C. herana (Che; light brown; n = 20) and C. obliquana (Cob; dark brown; n = 21) was compared with those in the abdomen [Ab] of C. herana (n = 20) and C. obliquana (n = 21), while in panel (B) the normalised expression levels in the pheromone gland of P. excessana (Pex; light green; n = 39) and P. octo (Poc; dark green; n = 24) are compared with those in the abdomen of P. excessana (n = 39) and P. octo (n = 25). Bars are the mean normalized gene expression, with error bars representing SEMs. Different small case letters indicate significant differences between tissues and/or species at the 95% level using the Bonferroni correction for each desaturase gene.