Figure 3.
Valproic acid (VA) does not decrease reproduction of mated hermaphrodites. We mated wild‐type (WT) hermaphrodites to WT males and counted progeny of hermaphrodites cultured without drug (WT) or with 6 mm VA ( + VA 6). Hermaphrodites cultured with and without drug produced 413 ± 125 (n = 28) and 434 ± 102 (n = 65) progeny, respectively (not significantly different). Hermaphrodites cultured with and without drug produced 2.3 ± 6.9 (n = 68) and 2.7 ± 9.4 (n = 86) progeny after day 9, respectively (not significantly different).