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. 2019 Nov 25;9:17468. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-53678-1

Figure 5.

Figure 5

L. wallacei infection impacts on O. fasciatus intersex (ix) gene expression reproductive organs resulting in reproductive fitness loss. (A) Ovarian ix gene expression was assessed by qPCR in uninfected and infected females. (B) Representative image of ovary of an uninfected insect subjected to control dsmal protocol; showing normal ovary morphology. Reproductively active uninfected (C) and infected (D) insects silenced with dsix. (E) Representative image of an ovary from an uninfected female subjected to RNAi with dsix; showing an atrophied ovary morphology. Representative of two independent experiments.