Figure 3
From: Examination of relaxin and its receptors expression in pig gametes and embryos
Detection of RXFP1 and RXFP2 mRNA expression in porcine embryos. A: RT-PCR analyses show RXFP1 and RXFP2 mRNA expression in spermatozoa (SP), zygote (ZY), cleaved embryos (2-8 cells; CL), and blastocysts (BL). B: The quantitative PCR data revealed significantly higher levels of RXFP2 and RXFP1 in cleaved embryos and blastocysts, respectively (*, P < 0.05). There was no significant difference in zygotes (P > 0.05). Neonate porcine uteri mRNA used as positive control (PC). (La) indicates the ladder. Data are mean ± sd of three independent replicates.