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. 2013 Apr 16;2:e00415. doi: 10.7554/eLife.00415

Table 1.

The effect of altering secretory cell (SC) number in female reproductive glands on egg laying, ovulation, copulation, and sperm storage in spermathecae

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.00415.005

Genotype Female glands Egg laying in 2 days Ovulation in 6 hr Copulation in 6 hr Sperm storage in 6 hr
N SC/Female (Avg. ± SD) N Eggs/female/Day (Avg. ± SEM) N Ovulation (%) N Copulation (%) N Spermathecae with sperm (%)
lzGal4 10 197.0 ± 18.0 45 38.9 ± 3.9 30 76.7 18 89.0
lz>cycARNAi 36 2.0 ± 2.6* 25 1.0 ± 1.0* 30 3.3* 23 56.5
lz>hr39RNAi 15 10.4 ± 7.4* 25 5.2 ± 0.8* 30 20* 13 69.2
lz>hntRNAi1 23 11.2 ± 8.4* 45 8.0 ± 1.9* 30 6.7* 27 100.0
lz>hntRNAi2 22 39.4 ± 12.1* 25 16.5 ± 1.5
lz>PsnDN 25 1.8 ± 1.9* 25 2.0 ± 1.8* 25 4* 25 100.0
lz>Su(H)DN 16 0.9 ± 1.0* 15 2.5 ± 2.0*
dpr5Gal4 5 192.0 ± 15.4 40 43.0 ± 4.5 31 64.5 25 100.0 50 98.0
dpr5>cycARNAi 25 9.3 ± 3.7* 25 3.3 ± 1.5* 35 8.6* 35 91.4 65 15.4*
dpr5>hr39RNAi 10 191.3 ± 15.3 15 42.1 ± 2.6 24 45.8 21 90.5 37 83.8
dpr5>hntRNAi1 18 17.1 ± 6.3* 50 8.4 ± 1.8* 34 2.9* 34 94.1 64 9.4*
dpr5>hntRNAi2 13 99.5 ± 20.6* 25 50.4 ± 2.8 24 79.2 24 95.8 49 81.6
dpr5>NRNAi 25 9.0 ± 3.2* 25 0.9 ± 0.6* 25 1* 23 91.3 42 4.8*
dpr5>PsnDN 16 83.9 ± 11.5* 25 37.4 ± 7.5 26 46.2 26 100.0 52 88.5
dpr5>Su(H)DN 20 16.1 ± 4.5* 25 26.2 ± 1.7 14 7.1* 14 92.9 26 15.4*
*

p<0.001. T-test was used for secretory cell number and egg laying. Fisher's exact test was used for ovulation, copulation, and sperm storage.

p<0.01.