Table 1.
Number of embryos analyzed | Embryos with single female pronucleus | Embryos with multiple female pronuclei | Average number of multiple female pronuclei† | Defect in male pronuclear migration‡ | No apparent defect in one-cell stage | |
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N2 | 13 | 13 | – | – | – | 13 |
dnc-2(RNAi) | 21 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 1 |
W10G11.20(RNAi) | 24 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 2 |
Average number of multiple female pronuclei was calculated among the embryos with multiple female pronuclei.
Male pronuclei fail to detach from cell cortex.