A set of Drosophila genes expressed in the yolk is maternal in mosquito.

<p>(A) Temporal expression patterns of a set of genes, which are co-expressed at mid-embryogenesis in Drosophila and are coincidently maternal in mosquito. (B,C) Example of an ortholog pair (AGAP005948-CG1555) from (A) analyzed by RNA situ hybridization. Top panels correspond to freshly laid eggs; bottom panel corresponds to mid-embryogenesis. (D,E) Another example of an ortholog pair from (A) (AGAP004451-CG9232). Top panels correspond to freshly laid eggs; bottom panel corresponds to mid-embryogenesis. (F and G) Line graph representation of genes analyzed in (B,C) and (D,E) (expression profiles of mosquito genes are in blue; the fruitfly genes are in red). (H) Other examples of genes from (A), only the fruit fly RNA in situ hybridizations are shown.