Fig. 2.
Tissue distribution of chicken Gastrin-CCK hormone family expression. Normalised relative mean (±SEM) gastrin (filled bars) and CCK (open bars) mRNA expression for 17 tissue types in Lohmann Classic brown laying hens (n = 4): basal hypothalamus (BH), breast muscle (BM), liver (Liv), pancreas (Pan), crop, proventriculus (ProV), gizzard (Giz), antrum (Ant), antro-duodenal boundary (AD), duodenum (Duo), proximal jejunum (PJ), mid-jejunum (MJ), jejuno-ileal boundary just distal to the vitelline diverticulum (JI), mid-ileum (MI), distal ileum (DI), caecum (Cae) and rectum (Rec).