Table 1.
Frequency of mutant spots observed in standard (ST) cross trans-heterozygote markers of D.melanogaster treated with doxorubicin (DXR) in the absence and presence of organic tomato extract (ORT).
| Series |
Spots per fly (n. of spots); stat. diagnosesa |
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| DXR (mg/mL) | ORT (%) | N. of flies | Small single spots (1-2 cells)b | Large single spots (> 2 cells)b | Twin spots | Total spots | Spots with mwh clone c | |
| 0 | 0 | 40 | 0.45 (18) | 0.13 (05) | 0.05 (02) | 0.63 (25) | 23 | |
| 0 | 25 | 40 | 0.30 (12) ns | 0.13 (05) ns | 0.05 (02) ns | 0.48 (19) ns | 19 | |
| 0 | 50 | 40 | 0.48 (19) ns | 0.05 (02) ns | 0.05 (02) ns | 0.58 (23) ns | 23 | |
| 0 | 100 | 40 | 0.45 (18) ns | 0.10 (04) ns | 0.03 (01) ns | 0.58 (23) ns | 23 | |
| 0.125 | 0 | 40 | 2.40 (96) | 1.73 (69) | 1.43 (57) | 5.55 (222) | 200 | |
| 0.125 | 25 | 40 | 2.78 (111) ns | 2.00 (80) ns | 1.63 (65) ns | 6.40 (256) ns | 243 | |
| 0.125 | 50 | 40 | 4.40 (176)* | 4.23 (169)* | 3.05 (122)* | 11.68 (467)* | 418 | |
| 0.125 | 100 | 40 | 5.10 (204)* | 3.15 (126)* | 3.00 (120)* | 11.25 (450)* | 425 | |
aStatistical diagnoses according to Frei and Würgler (1995) with a two-tailed U-test. *p ≤ 0.05; ns, not significant.
bIncluding rare flr3 single spots.
cConsidering mwh clones from single and twin mwh spots.