Table 2.

Effects of nid-1 mutations on fecundity

Strain	Eggs laid per animala						Sperm per gonad armc	Eggs in uterusd
	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Total	% of N2b
N2	64  ± 1.8	120  ± 1.8	86  ± 1.5	18  ± 1.5	288  ± 1.0 (n = 50)	100	159  ± 2 (n = 10)	18.9  ± 0.3 (n = 20)
nid-1(cg118)	61  ± 1.7	109  ± 1.5	68  ± 1.5	18  ± 0.6	256  ± 1.8 (n = 50)	89	156  ± 3 (n = 10)	18.4  ± 0.2 (n = 20)
nid-1(cg119)	44  ± 1.1	77  ± 1.9	58  ± 2.1	17  ± 1.0	197  ± 1.7 (n = 50)	68	154  ± 3 (n = 10)	18.1  ± 0.3 (n = 20)

^a Average number of eggs laid per animal ± SEM. 

^b Total number of eggs laid as a percentage of the wild-type N2 strain. 

^c Average number of sperm per gonad arm ± SEM. 

^d Average number of fertilized eggs in the uterus ± SEM.