Fig. 1
From: Interleukin-6 increases inner cell mass numbers in bovine embryos
Transcript abundances for IL6, IL6R and IL6ST from zygotes, 2-cell embryos, 8-cell embryos, morulae and blastocysts. Total RNA was isolated from 3 to 5 pools of 10 embryos from each developmental stage before reverse transcription. The relative abundance of each target transcript is expressed as fold change from the embryo stage containing the lowest abundance for the specified transcript by using the 2[-ddCt] approach. Corresponding means and SEMs are indicated by the bars. Different superscripts within each transcript indicates differences (P < 0.05)