Table 2.

Inducible RNAi knock-down of lola in early germ cells elicits GSC loss. Live testis squashes were scored by phase contrast microscopy. n=number of testes scored.

	Percentage of testes scored
	Elongated, coiled morphology	Round morphology	Devoid of early germ cells
nos-Gal4 driver alone (n=18)	100	0	0
pan lola hairpin alone (n=69)	94.2	5.8	0
pan lola knock-down (n=80)	83.4	16.6	26.3
lola-B hairpin alone (n=53)	100	0	0
lola-B knock-down (n=76)	0	100	100
lola-L hairpin alone (n=74)	98.6	1.4	0
lola-L knock-down (n=89)	100	0	53.9