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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 6.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Dyn. 2008 Dec;237(12):3703–3714. doi: 10.1002/dvdy.21775

Table 2. Length of the VNC in wild-type and mutant larvae.

Average lengths as measured from confocal micrographs of larvae expressing GFP under elav-Gal4 control (Fig. 5), the variation (+/−) indicates one standard deviation. Ratio indicates VNC length / Larval length.

Genotype Instar Number measured Larval length (µm) VNC length (µm) Ratio (%)
Wild type 1st 20 1403 +/− 114 351 +/− 36 25
C1GalTA2.1 1st 15 1231 +/− 125 530 +/− 69 43
Wild type 2nd 24 2752 +/− 343 350 +/− 46 13
C1GalTA2.1 2nd 29 2582 +/− 511 923 +/− 201 36
Wild type early 3rd 11 4103 +/− 464 437 + / − 50 11
C1GalTA2.1 early 3rd 15 4202 +/− 519 1554 +/− 253 37