"A very faint band corresponding to
hbl-1 is detectable in
glp-4 hermaphrodites, which lack germ cells (Beanan and Strome, 1992) and therefore indicate the expression of
hbl-1in adult somatic tissue... The indistinguishable levels of
hbl-1 mRNA in
glp-4 and
fem-2 adults indicate that the
hbl-1 transcript is largely or completely absent from unfertilized oocytes."