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. 2002 Oct 7;99(21):13606–13611. doi: 10.1073/pnas.172520999

Table 1.

Mitotic indices for pericarp and placental tissues in developing fruit

TA1143
TA1144
t test
Pericarp
Placenta
Pericarp
Placenta
Pericarp
Placenta
DPA n* Cell no. Mitosis no. Mitotic index Cell no. Mitosis no. Mitotic index§ n Cell no. Mitosis no. Mitotic index Cell no. Mitosis no. Mitotic index P value P value
0 9 15675 27 0.18% (0.14%) 19774 32 0.19% (0.16%) 10 16538 31 0.2% (0.11%) 19500 34 0.18% (0.11%) 0.728 0.879
4 12 12894 207 1.6% (0.40%) 12103 167 1.37% (0.34%) 11 9644 229 2.5% (0.5%) 9340 184 1.89% (0.41%) 0.000 0.003
8 10 15502 243 1.56% (0.44%) 15584 227 1.47% (0.24%) 8 12477 208 1.68% (0.28%) 10425 158 1.52% (0.25%) 0.520 0.666
12 10 5000 69 1.38% (0.36%) 5000 49 0.98% (0.18%) 10 5624 38 0.68% (0.27%) 4000 25 0.63% (0.31%) 0.000 0.007
18 10 8565 36 0.4% (0.2%) 12627 41 0.27% (0.19%) 10 10186 25 0.21% (0.21%) 11100 26 0.17% (0.17%) 0.160 0.689

 SE appear within parentheses. 

*

n, the number of fruit. 

Cell no., the total number of counted cells. 

Mitosis no., the total number of mitoses. 

§

Mitotic index, the mean of mitotic index. 

Pericarp, t test of the mitotic index in the pericarp of TA1143 and TA1144. 

Placenta, t test of the mitotic index in the placenta of TA1143 and TA1144.