Figure 3.
Stage-, sex-, and tissue-specific expression profiles of Culex quinquefasciatus nos and osk genes. Gene amplification procedures with oligonucleotide primers specific to the Cxqu nos and Cxqu osk ORFs and control S7 ribosomal protein (S7RP) genes were used to detect DNA targets of diagnostic lengths. Abbreviations: E, embryos; L, larvae; ♂, males; ♀, females; P, pupae; A, adults; Csf, carcasses (whole bodies of sugar-fed females with ovaries removed); Osf, Obf, ovaries from sugar- and 72 h blood-fed adult females, respectively.