Table 1. ken is necessary for the maintenance of CySCs, but not GSCs.
The percentage of testes with at least one clone is indicated. The total number of testes scored is shown in parentheses.
| Days ACI | ken allele | Number of testes with one or more clones/total testes |
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| GSC | CySC | SGa | CCb | ||
| no hs control | Wild-type | 6% (36) | 0% (36) | 8% (36) | 0% (36) |
| 1 | 0% (17) | 0% (17) | 0% (17) | 0% (17) | |
| 02970 | 0% (20) | 0% (20) | 0% (20) | 0% (20) | |
| k11035 | 0% (17) | 0% (17) | 0% (17) | 0% (17) | |
| n.s | n.s | ||||
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| 2 | Wild-type | 59% (51) | 33% (51) | 86% (51) | 57% (51) |
| 1 | 49% (45) | 49% (45) | 71% (45) | 76% (45) | |
| 02970 | 57% (49) | 53% (49) | 80% (49) | 71% (49) | |
| k11035 | 34% (47) | 55% (47) | 60% (47) | 60% (47) | |
| n.s | n.s | ||||
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| 6 | Wild-type | 54% (57) | 30% (57) | 56% (57) | 33% (57) |
| 1 | 39% (44) | 5% (44) | 41% (44) | 11% (44) | |
| 02970 | 48% (31) | 16% (31) | 55% (31) | 19% (31) | |
| k11035 | 56% (25) | 8% (25) | 60% (25) | 16% (25) | |
| n.s | P < 0.01 | ||||
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| 10 | Wild-type | 53% (43) | 26% (43) | 53% (43) | 30% (43) |
| 1 | 39% (31) | 0% (31) | 39% (31) | 0% (31) | |
| 02970 | 54% (26) | 15% (26) | 54% (26) | 15% (26) | |
| k11035 | 25% (44) | 2% (44) | 25% (44) | 2% (44) | |
| n.s | P < 0.001 | ||||
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| 14 | Wild-type | 39% (79) | 14% (79) | 39% (79) | 19% (79) |
| 1 | 33% (73) | 4% (73) | 34% (73) | 10% (73) | |
| 02970 | 37% (63) | 5% (63) | 38% (63) | 5% (63) | |
| k11035 | 26% (38) | 3% (38) | 26% (38) | 3% (38) | |
| n.s | P < 0.05 | ||||
a
SG, spermatogonial clone;
b
CC, cyst cell clone; n.s., not significant (Chi square and Fisher’s exact test).