Figure 5. The temporal pattern of expression of
cpr-3,
cpr-4,
cpr-5, and
cpr-6 through the life cycle of C. elegans, determined using sq-rtPCR. The relative abundance of the transcripts of these genes (y axes) at various developmental stages (x axes) are expressed as a ratio with that of
ama-1. The graphs shown here summarizes the results obtained from three repeats of each of the four genes;
cpr-3 (A),
cpr-4 (B),
cpr-5 (C), and
cpr-6 (D). It is important to note the scales of the y axes differ between the four graphs to permit comparison. An example of the autoradiographic data obtained for one of the three repeats for each gene is also shown below the appropriate graph.