Table 1.

Late-Life Cross-Progeny Production

Meta Analysis	Progeny Production		p Values*			#Trials	#AL	#BD
Genotype	AL AVG ± SD	BD AVG ± SD	BD vs AL	AL vs wt	BD vs wt
wild-type D11 mating	2.4 ± 5.1	20.1 ± 26.2	<.001	N/A	N/A	4	55	45
wild-type D14 mating	0.5 ± 1.4	14.3 ± 20.5	<.001	N/A	N/A	5	60	60
wild-type ts D11 mating	4.1 ± 1.4	10.3 ± 20.8	.85	N/A	N/A	2	20	20
wild-type ts D14 mating	2.6 ± 3.4	3.8 ± 6.0	.96	N/A	N/A	2	20	20
pha-4 ts D11 mating	3.1 ± 5.3	9.8 ± 12.6	.06	.16	.42	2	20	20
pha-4 ts D14 mating	0.6 ± 1.1	4.5 ± 6.2	.01	.02	.71	2	20	20
fog-2 D11 mating	9.4 ± 11.1	14.1 ± 21.7	.78	<.001	.46	2AL/1 BD	23	10
fog-2 D14 mating	2.8 ± 5.0	10.0 ± 14.2	.009	.002	.45	3	28	30
daf-16 D11 mating	0.5 ± 1.4	0.6 ± 1.1	.33	.10	<.001	3	30	30
daf-16 D14 mating	0.0 ± 0.0	0.1 ± 0.6	.16	<.001	<.001	3	30	30
hsf-1 D11 mating	0.1 ± 0.4	0.6 ± 1.0	.02	<.001	<.001	3	30	30
hsf-1 D14 mating	0.1 ± 0.2	0.1 ± 0.5	1.00	<.001	<.001	2	20	20
skn-1 D14 mating	0.1 ± 0.5	0.8± 3.9	.69	.11	<.001	3	28	30
nhr-49 D11 mating	0.3 ± 1.8	0.03 ± 0.2	1.00	.001	<.001	3	30	30
nhr-49 D14 mating	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	1.00	<.001	<.001	2	20	20
cup-4 D11 mating	7.0 ± 7.3	16.2 ± 22.4	.13	.001	.55	3	30	30
nlp-7 D11 mating	0.2 ± 0.8	4.5 ± 7.0	.007	.02	<.001	3	30	30
NP717 D14 mating	0.4 ± 0.8	0.6 ± 2.1	.81	.35	<.001	2	20	20

Notes: AL = ad libitum; AVG = average; BD = bacterially deprived; wt = wild type.

^*All data sets analyzed failed tests for normal distribution.