Table 3.
Flight and jump ability of wild-type, mutant and transgenic flies
| Line | No. flight tested | Up (%) | Horizontal (%) | Down (%) | Not at all (%) | Flight Index ± S.E. | Jump distance ± S.E. (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMB | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 99.2 | 0 | 2.2 ± 0.1a |
| EMB-9a-1 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 98.5 | 0 | 1.9 ± 0.1 |
| EMB-9a-18 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 98.3 | 0 | 2.1 ± 0.1 |
| EMB-9a-34 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 99.1 | 0 | 1.8 ± 0.2 |
| PwMhc2 | 116 | 57.8 | 14.6 | 15.5 | 12.1 | 4.4 ± 0.1 | 4.9 ± 0.2a |
| IFI-9b-1 | 131 | 50.8 | 28.0 | 15.1 | 6.1 | 4.5 ± 0.2 | 5.0 ± 0.1 |
| IFI-9b-2 | 146 | 44.6 | 34.2 | 17.1 | 4.1 | 4.4 ± 0.1 | 5.1 ± 0.1 |
| IFI-9b-3 | 129 | 58.1 | 32.6 | 7.8 | 1.5 | 4.9 ± 0.3 | 5.0 ± 0.2 |
Flight abilities expressed as percentages. Transgenic flies were assayed for the ability to fly up (U), horizontal (H), down (D) or not at all (N). Flight index equals 6U/T + 4H/T + 2D/T + 0N/T; T is the total number of flies tested.40
a
Jump distance for PwMhc2 and EMB are from Swank et al.8
Student's t test showed no significant difference between PwMhc2 and IFI-9b flight indexes and no significant difference between EMB and EMB-9a jumping ability (p<0.05 was considered statistically significant).