Table 1.
Decreased levels of mel-26 compensates for partial loss of mei-2.
| Genotypea | Percent hatching |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 °C | 20 °C | 24 °C | 25 °C | |
| mel-26(dn)/+ | 95 | 79 | 8.9 | 7.8 |
| mei-2(sb39) | 84 | 74 | 13 | 1.1 |
| mei-2(sb39) mel-26(dn)/mei-2(sb39) + | –b | 92 | 29 | 4.4 |
| mei-2(sb39)/mei-2(0) | 52 | 39 | 3.1 | – |
| mei-2(sb39) mel-26(dn)/mei-2(0) + | 76 | 72 | 10 | – |
| mei-2(ct98)/mei-2(0) | – | – | – | 28 |
| mei-1(gf)/+ | – | – | – | 0 |
| mei-2(ct98) mei-1(gf)/mei-2(0) | – | – | – | 45 |
| mbk-2(ts) | 92 | 62 | 2.6 | – |
| mei-2(sb39); mbk-2(ts) | 85 | 69 | 17 | – |
| mei-2(sb39)/mei-2(0); mbk-2(ts) | 58 | 35 | 1.8 | – |
a
mel-26(dn)=ct61, mei-2(0) =ct102, which is a strong allele. mei-2(sb39) is hypomorphic, with less activity than mei-2(ct98). mei-1(gf)=ct46, an allele refractory to MEL-26 degradation, mbk-2(ts) =dd5.
b
Not determined.