Figure 6

Whole mount in situ hybridization of three genes of unknown function. In addition to the temporal synexpression established by microarray these three genes share common expression patterns and thus form a temporo-spatial synexpression group. Localisation of (A) A044-A9, (B) C008-B2 and (C) C014-E10 transcripts (dark purple) in (1) prawnchip, (2) presettlement larva, and (3) postsettlement polyp. Orientation in presettlement and postsettlement larvae is oral upward. Lack of expression in the prawnchip is followed by expression in a subset of ectodermal cells concentrated at the oral end of the presettlement larvae and postsettlement polyps. Their synexpression both temporally and spatially, suggest that they may be a novel group of genes interacting with one another.