Figure 3
From: Ecdysone promotes growth of imaginal discs through the regulation of Thor in D. melanogaster
Cell number and cell size are reduced in wing discs exposed to low ecdysone levels.
(A,B) Number of cells (A) and cell size (B) of wing discs from L3 GFP or smt3i larvae. Measurements are expressed in percentage relative to 120 hours AEL control discs. Error bars indicate standard deviation. One asterisk indicates p ≤ 0.05, two p ≤ 0.01, three p ≤ 0.001 and four p ≤ 0.0001. (C–F) Single plane confocal pictures of cell nuclei from wing discs, from GFP (C,D) or smt3i larvae (E,F), either with (F) or without (C,E) exogenous ecdysone administration (+20E). Scale bar indicates 10 μm. All pictures were taken under the same conditions. Some representative nuclei are outlined in yellow.
