Table 2.
Cell and nuclei measurements of adt-2 and wild-type worms.
| N2 | adt-2(wk156) | RNAi control | adt-2(RNAi) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Seam cell number | 16 +/− 0 | 16 +/− 0 | 16.1 +/− 0.7 | 16.2 +/− 0.4 |
| (adult) | (n=30) | (n=30) | (n=10) | (n=20) | |
| Intestinal nuclei number | 31.4 +/− 1.2 | 31.5 +/− 1.4 | 32.7 +/− 1.4 | 33.4 +/− 1.0 | |
| (adult) | (n=31) | (n=38) | (n=10) | (n=20) | |
| Hypodermal nuclei number | 116.3 +/− 11.9 | 114.1 +/− 10.7 | 145.4 +/− 6.3 | 145.9 +/− 4.0 | |
| (L4) | (n=33) | (n=31) | (n=5) | (n=10) | |
| Seam cell perimeter (mm) | 0.073 +/− 0.011 | 0.067** +/− 0.011 | |||
| (L3) | (n=78) | (n =76) | |||
| Pharynx length (mm) | 0.109 +/− 0.006 | 0.108 +/− 0.009 | |||
| (L3) | (n=18) | (n=18) | |||
| Body size (mm) | 0.651 +/− 0.053 | 0.575** +/− 0.065 | |||
| (L3) | (n=23) | (n=27) | |||
p<0.01 compared to control