Figure 9.—

Locomotory rate assay of aho mutants. (A) Modulation of locomotory rate in aho mutants cultivated at 17°. Starved animals were conditioned by cultivation under food-deprived conditions for 2.5 hr. (B) Modulation of locomotory rate in aho mutants cultivated at 25°. Starved animals were conditioned by cultivation under food-deprived conditions for 30 min. (A and B) Shaded bars indicate results of well-fed animals that were transferred to assay plates without and with food. Solid bars indicate results of starved animals that were transferred to assay plates without and with food. Plus and minus signs indicate locomotory assay plate with food or without food: “+,” assay plates with food; “−,” assay plates without food. The goa-1(n1134) mutant showed hyperactive locomotion (Mendel et al. 1995; Segalat et al. 1995) and was used as a negative control. About 10 animals were examined in at least three trials. Error bar indicates SD.