Fig. 5: Expression of the ♀ and the ♂ mtRNA and their impact on mitochondrial enzyme activities in gills. | Communications Biology

Fig. 5: Expression of the ♀ and the ♂ mtRNA and their impact on mitochondrial enzyme activities in gills.

From: Presence of male mitochondria in somatic tissues and their functional importance at the whole animal level in the marine bivalve Arctica islandica

Fig. 5

A Expression level of ♀ (x-axis) and ♂ (y-axis) cytochrome b forms (in ng of cytochrome b cDNAs per the geometric mean of ng of 28 S and actin cDNAs) measured in gills for 31 individuals, male (open triangle) and female (filled circle). ETS: Electron transport system (B) and COX: cytochrome oxidase (C) activities in Units per Weight (g) measured in gills A. islandica of individuals carrying the ♀ (white bar plot, n = 21) or the ♂ mtDNAs (red bar plot, n = 14). CS: citrate synthase (D) activity in Units per Fresh Weight (g) measured in gills A. islandica of both sexes previously genotyped (white bar plot: ♀ mtDNA, n = 21; red bar plot: ♂ mtDNA, n = 14). p-value < 0.05 Kruskal Wallis test. *p-value < 0.05, **p-value < 0.01 Wilcoxon Post hoc test.

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