Figure 6

star expression profiles during late oogenesis and tissue expression profiles. Expression profiles of star in rainbow trout ovary sampled from females during late vitellogenesis (LV, n = 6), post-vitellogenesis (PV, n = 14) and during maturation (Mat., n = 8) (A), in Xenopus laevis ovarian follicles sampled from six females, at stage IV, stage VI and after in vitro maturation (st VI MII) (B). Expression of star mRNA in rainbow trout tissues: brain (Br), heart (He), stomach (St), liver (Li), intestine (In), muscle (Mu), skin (Sk), post-vitellogenic ovary (Ov), and testis (Te) (C) and in Xenopus laevis tissues: brain (Br), heart (He), stomach (St), liver (Li), intestine (In), muscle (Mu), skin (Sk), ovary (Ov), testis (Te). Data were normalized to the abundance of 18S. Mean and SEM are shown. Bars sharing the same letter(s) are not significantly different (p > 0.05). In tissue, expression levels which are not significantly different from background signal are indicated with #.