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. 2015 Jun 10;5(8):1675–1684. doi: 10.1534/g3.115.019521

Table 2. gld-1 and puf-8 function redundantly to suppress the development of spermatogenesis-dependent tumor in hermaphrodites.

Genotype Percent of Worms With Tumorous Germline Total Number of Worms
Hermaphrodites grown at 20°
gld-1(q485)a 100a 194
 puf-8(zh17) 0 118
 gld-1(q485); puf-8(zh17) 100 134
 gld-1 (RNAi); puf-8(q725) 100 48
 gld-1 (RNAi); puf-8(ok302) 100 72
 gld-1(RNAi); puf-8(RNAi) 100 288
 rrf-1(ok589) gld-1 (RNAi); puf-8(RNAi) 100 122
 gld-1(q485); puf-8(zh17); spe-6(hc49) 100 208
 spe-6(hc49) 0 92
 gld-1(RNAi) mek-2(q425); puf-8(RNAi) 100 174
 gld-1(q485) mek-2(RNAi); puf-8(zh17) 100 44
 gld-1(RNAi); puf-8(RNAi); spe-6(hc49) 100 174
Hermaphrodites grown at 25°
 puf-8(zh17) 43 181
 puf-8(RNAi) 42 84
 rrf-1(ok589); puf-8(RNAi) 45 102
 gld-1(q485/+); puf-8(zh17) 94 147
Effect of masculinization
 puf-8(zh17); fem-3(q20), grown at 20° 0 324
 gld-1(RNAi); puf-8(zh17); fem-3(q20), grown at 20° 100 204
 gld-1(q485); fem-3(q20), grown at 20° 1 260
gld-1(q485); fem-3(q20), grown at 15°a 100a 72
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Germline tumor in these worms was the gld-1-type. See Results and Figure 3 for more details. See Table S1 for the complete description of the genotypes, which includes the marker mutations.