TABLE 3.
Oviposition by females of various BR-C and Met genotypes
| Eggs laid/female/2-day period: day after eclosion
|
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genotype | N | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| br1 v Met27/br1 v Met27 | 63 | 0 | 1.1 | <1 | <1 |
| br1 v Met27/br1 | 20 | 6.6 | 30.9 | 42.6 | 38.0 |
 p[Met+]/+
|
20 | 1.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.6 |
| v/v | 30 | 9.3 | 76.6 | 129 | 136 |
 |
43 | 0 | 0 | <1 | <1 |
 |
20 | 4.8 | 17.8 | 17.6 | 16.6 |
 p[Met+]/+
|
30 | 4.1 | 29.8 | 34.0 | 32.3 |
Each value is the mean of egg counts from females of the indicated genotypes isolated from at least two cultures. Due to low preadult survival, 5–7 cultures were required to produce the indicated numbers of the exceptional double mutant homozygotes.