Figure 6.
Ablation of PG neurons results in a greater critical weight but no change in growth rates. (A) Percent of larvae that underwent pupariation after starvation at a given size after ecdysis to third instar (L3) for PTTH ablated larvae (ptth > Grim), ptth > Gal4 larvae and UAS-Grim larvae (N = 15–36 individuals at each data point). The critical weights that correspond to 50% threshold for pupariation were 2.5 mg, 0.72 and 0.71 for PTTH ablated larvae, ptth > Gal4 larvae and UAS-Grim larvae, respectively. (B) Plot of weight at a given time after L3 ecdysis for PTTH ablated larvae (ptth > Grim), ptth > Gal4 larvae and UAS-Grim larvae (N = 15–36 individuals at each data point).