Table 3. Larval heart malformations from Cas9 and kctd10 gRNA treatment.
Treatment | Total Number of larvae | Normal larvae | Larvae with heart disorders | Mutant (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Control | 114 | 111 | 3 | 2.6 |
LCas9-1 + kctd10 gRNA | 116 | 17 | 99 | 85.3 |
LCas9-2 + kctd10 gRNA | 44 | 20 | 24 | 54.5 |
ZCas9 + kctd10 gRNA | 54 | 16 | 38 | 70.4 |
Overall, treatment of Cas9 affected the phenotype (χ2 = 169.61, p < 0.0001). Treatment by each one of the three Cas9s induced more malformations than the vehicle treatment (p < 0.0001 for each comparison). LCas9-1 induced a higher rate of malformation in the heart than LCas9-2 (χ2 = 17.02, p < 0.0001) and ZCas9 (χ2 = 5.28, p = 0.022). LCas9-2 did not differ from ZCas9 in the number of induced malformations (χ2 = 2.613, p = 0.10).