Table 2.
Genotypea | Temperature | Germline defectb | nc | % |
+/+ or mel-46(yt5)/ + | 20°C | 0 | 42 | 0.0 |
mel-46(yt5) | 0 | 71 | 0.0 | |
+/+ or mel-46(yt5)/ + | 25°C | 0 | 31 | 0.0 |
mel-46(yt5) | 42 | 77 | 54.5 |
a All animals were the progeny of mel-46(yt5)/ + mothers. Animals that produced predominantly (at 20°C) or exclusively (at 25°C) dying embryos were considered to be mel-46(yt5) homozygous. b Number of gonads with any of the defects described in the text. c Number of gonads analyzed.