Table 1.

Ce-dab-1 RNAi phenotypes

RNAia	%eglb	Laying rate (eggs/h)c	Staged	% mlte	Animals scoredf
Control	1.5 ± 1.4	4.8 ± 1.2	∼gastrulation	0	720
Ce-dab-1
1—546g	74.9 ± 9.7	1.8 ± 0.9	∼pretzel	26.1 ± 6.3	249
1—293	77.7 ± 5.7	ndh	∼pretzel	25.6 ± 14.6	257
290—546	75.9 ± 5.2	nd	∼pretzel	31.8 ± 10.2	161

^aL1 animals were soaked overnight in solutions of dsRNA and scored as young adults. Control RNAi was prepared from an empty vector

^bEgg-laying defective animals were scored as young adults by using DIC microscopy and looking for postgastrulation embryos

^cThe number of eggs laid by individual animals was counted over several hours and averaged (n = 10)

^dThe approximate stage of eggs upon laying were marked as either ∼gastrulation stage (30 to 150 cells) or ∼pretzel stage (400 to 550 cells)

^eMolting-deficient animals were scored by DIC as predominantly young adults. Only animals with body constrictions due to unshed cuticle were scored as positive

^fNumbers represent a total of six independent experiments

^gNumbers represent residues in the corresponding protein sequence

^hnd indicates not determined