Figure 12
Accessory gland gel is critical for larval development. (A) Amino acid composition and putative phosphate and glycosylation sites of gel proteins determined based on Fig. 6 based on relative number associated with each predicted protein sequence. Gene identification is based on those used in the B. antarctica genome57. Relative amounts are based on comparison levels between columns. (B) Survival of developing larvae with (black) and without (gray) gel presence at larval ecdysis. Open circles are the average and filled circles are each replicate. (C) Larvae length after 20 days with and without gel at larval ecdysis. Bar indicates significance at P < 0.05. T-test was utilized to examine statistical differences with the use of R statistic packages. Bars above or beside indicate significance at P < 0.05.
