Figure 10. Microbe growth inhibition assays of wild-type and RNAi-knock-down glands.

The fungus A. niger (A) and the bacterium A. globiformis (B) were analyzed for gland-mediated growth inhibition. Y-axes indicate the areas of respective inhibition zones (cm²). X-axes: sex-specific wild-type (wt) and different RNAi-knock-downs (m: male; fm: female; GT12: gene causing alkene-less phenotype; GT63: Tcas-ql MRP). Non-parametric comparisons were made between wild-type and knock-downs using Wilcoxon method, ***, P<0.001; **, 0.001<p<0.01. The error bars indicate standard deviations at N = 11–27.