Symbiosis with Dinoflagellates Alters Cnidarian Cell-Cycle Gene Expression

Figure 5

Cell proliferation rate comparisons between the epidermal and gastrodermal tissues of different symbiotic-state animals. Ratios were calculated via quantifying the number of Hoechst- and EdU-stained nuclei in microscope images () in each tissue layer separately. Statistical significance of pairwise comparisons between the different tissue layers was calculated using a Student’s -test and is represented by the value in the graphs. Epi: epidermal tissue layer; Gastro: gastrodermal tissue layer.