TABLE 3.

The somatic gonad is not required for germ-cell removal to increase oxidative stress resistance

Trial	Strain	Intact (hr)	n	Germ cell (−)	n	P	Whole gonad (−)	n	P	P′
1	Wild type	3.46 ± 0.16	70	4.40 ± 0.25	53	<0.001	4.34 ± 0.22	66	<0.001	0.94
2	Wild type	3.28 ± 0.14	79	4.10 ± 0.19	72	<0.001	4.65 ± 0.20	79	<0.001	0.065
3	daf-16(mu86)	2.90 ± 0.11	28	4.04 ± 0.17	38	<0.001	3.90 ± 0.15	32	<0.001	0.63
	Wild type	3.55 ± 0.13	36	4.43 ± 0.18	35	<0.001
4	daf-16(mu86)	3.12 ± 0.14	30	4.03 ± 0.14	27	<0.001	4.25 ± 0.13	33	<0.001	0.29
	Wild type	3.22 ± 0.14	31	4.22 ± 0.19	34	<0.001

Animals were subjected to 300 mm paraquat as day-2 adults. Mean survival time is given in hours. P represents the P-value (Logrank Mantel/Cox) compared to intact control, and P′ represents the P-value compared to animals lacking germ cells (Z2 and Z3 ablated).