Table 2. Quantitative real-time PCR analyses of genes down-regulated in S1P^cko chondrocytes when compared to WT littermates.

Gene	Wild Type	S1Pcko
Scd1	1.00	0.27
Sc4mol	1.00	0.41
Fads2	1.00	0.54
Scd2	1.00	0.57
Stard4	1.00	0.58
Ldlr	1.00	0.59
Insig-1	1.00	0.63
Fdps	1.00	0.65
Hmgcs	1.00	0.86
Hmgcr	1.00	0.91

RNA was harvested and pooled from the chondroepiphyseal cartilage of five E16.5 S1P^cko or five E16.5 WT embryos.