Fig. 2.

Expression levels of the Pabpc1 mRNA in the postnatal mouse ovaries. The Pabpc1 gene expression was normalized to β-actin levels, and the relative expression profiles of the target gene in the postnatal ovaries were calculated by using the 2^-ΔΔCt (cycle threshold) method. The 1-week was used as a calibrator, and was set to 1. The findings revealed that both prepubertal and pubertal mouse ovaries possessed significantly higher Pabpc1 gene expression, except for 1-week ovary. Generally, Pabpc1 gene expression was gradually decreased during postpubertal development periods. The most interesting finding of this analysis was that the 1-week ovary had the lowest Pabpc1 expression among postnatal ovaries tested here. The results were given as mean ± SD (standard deviation). The P value of <0.05 was considered significant. Different letters depict statistical difference