Fig. 2. Analysis of differentiation marker expression on the sorted cell
subpopulations. RNA from whole testis cell suspension of mutant
W/Wv males was analyzed in parallel with a sorted cell
population (according to Fig.
1B) from normal adult males: population 1 (SP), population 3 (4n),
upper diploid population 4 (2n) and population 5 (n). RT-PCR was performed for
Kit (35 cycles), Dazl (30 cycles), H1t (30 cycles),
Hsp70-2 (30 cycles) and Crem
(30 cycles) genes.
ß-actin (30 cycles) served as a normalization control.