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From: Multiple evidence for the role of an Ovate-like gene in determining fruit shape in pepper

Figure 3

Expression analysis of CaOvate in different stages of flower and fruit development of cv. "Round" and cv. "Long". A) Relative quantitative analysis of CaOvate expression. Sampling was from 4-5 DBA (buds) until the end of fruit development (early fruit). The relative expression ratio in each sample in comparison with the control sample, which was in both cultivars buds of 4-5 DBA, is represented by a factor of up- or down- regulation and is shown with bars for the cultivar "Round" and "Long". During flower's and fruit's development, CaOvate expression follows different developmental expression patterns in the two cultivars: in cv. "Round" the expression reaches is highest after anthesis while in cv. "Long" the highest expression is demonstrated before anthesis (data derive from two independent real-time RT-PCR experiments). B) New relative quantitative analysis of CaOvate expression in two specific developmental stages: before anthesis (4-5 DBA) where the gene exhibits its higher expression in cv. "Long", and after anthesis (5 DAA), where the gene exhibits its higher expression in cv. "Round". The relative expression ratio, represented by a factor of up- or down- regulation, is shown with bars for the cultivar in each sample and in comparison with the control sample, which in buds was the one from cv. "Round" while in 5 DAA fruit was the one from cv. "Long". Asterisks indicate statistically significant difference (p < .05) of the each sample compared to the corresponding control sample.

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