TABLE 1.
Affects of amino acid deprivation on progeny number and genotype
| Diet | No. of progeny
|
Probability | No. of still born progeny
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gcn2−/− | Gcn2+/− | Gcn2−/− | Gcn2+/− | ||
| Control | |||||
| Observed | 15 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Expected | 16 | 16 | 0.723 | ||
| Minus glycine | |||||
| Observed | 12 | 22 | 3 | 0 | |
| Expected | 17 | 17 | 0.086 | ||
| Minus leucine | |||||
| Observed | 7 | 19 | 5 | 3 | |
| Expected | 17 | 17 | 0.013∗ | ||
| Minus tryptophan | |||||
| Observed | 21 | 30 | 2 | 3 | |
| Expected | 25.5 | 25.5 | 0.207 | ||
a
Probability by chi-square test. ∗, significantly deviates from expected number based upon chi-square goodness-of-fit test.