Table 2. Knockdown of HDR genes results in abnormal morphology in C. elegans oocytes.

RNAi	Dose Gy	Average chromosomes per oocyte	Normal oocytes (%)	Clustered oocytes (%)	Total oocytes examined
control	0	5.8	107 (100)	0	107
	120	5.7	86 (100)	0	86
mre-11	0	10.5	63 (100)	0	63
	120	7.1	23 (43.4)	30 (56.6)	53
rad-51	0	5.5	49 (96.0)	2 (3.9)	51
	120	5.5	31(54.4)	26 (45.6)	57
lig-4	0	5.7	67 (100)	0	67
	120	5.6	40 (100)	0	40
cku-80	0	5.8	80 (97.6)	2 (2.4)	82
	120	5.6	24 (96.0)	1 (4.0)	25

15–25 animals were examined per group at each dose