Figure 3.
Effects of ALG-1 and ALG-2 on oocytes. (A) DAPI-stained germline. Arrowheads depict oocyte nuclei in diakinesis stage in the proximal gonad arm of wild-type (WT), alg-1(gk214), alg-2(ok304) and plag-2::rfp::alg-1 animals. (B) Merged and nomarski DIC micrographs of AO-stained germline in respective genetic backgrounds. Arrowheads mark apoptotic corpses. (C) Brood size in alg-1 and alg-2 mutant animals as well as in plag-2::alg-1 and wild-type animals after mating with wild-type males represented as average brood size ± SEM, P < 0.01.