Fig. 8

qPCR validation of 10 differentially gonadally expressed genes generated from the RNA-Seq results. The expression levels of the selected genes were normalized to the 18 S gene. a: F_III vs. F_IV; b: F_IV vs. F_V; c: M_III vs. M_IV; d: M_IV vs. M_V. Gene abbreviations are: nuclear receptor corepressor 1 (ncor1); collagen alpha-1(XXVII) chain B (col27a1); cathepsin Z (ctsz); steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (star); sodium/myo-inositol cotransporter (slc5a11); cyclooxygenase 2 (cox2); transcriptional regulator ATRX (atrx); syndecan-2 (sdc2); importin-4 (ipo4); and pericentriolar material 1 protein (pcm1)