Gene expression results.

<p>Comparison of mean (±SE) normalized expression levels per biological sample (20–30 pooled polyps) for the genes A036-E7, a CELIII type lectin gene, (black histograms) or apextrin (white histograms), from December 2007 to 6 months post-settlement (May 2008) for: <b>A</b>) full sibling group A; <b>B</b>) full sibling group B; <b>C</b>) full sibling group C; <b>D</b>) full sibling group A. Each bar represents the averaged normalized expression levels for technical replicates (normalization performed with 3 ICGs). Samples with low mRNA concentrations (<8.75 ng. µL⁻¹) were not used and consequently some biological replicates (max n = 3/time point) and/or time points (max 6 time points) are missing from the analysis and the figure.*: significant difference with all other samples (P<0.05, Tukey HSD). Circles: no significant difference between sample replicates for the same time point, when significant differences were observed with other time points.