(A) Top: schematic showing location of shRNA to knockdown Dscam1-L (shExt) using the GAL4-UAS system. Bottom: northern analysis using a probe for Dscam1 common exon 11 shows that shExt driven by Elav caused loss of Dscam1-L in dissected heads.
(B) Dscam1-L knockdown caused reduced survival in mixed sex adult flies. n = 6; 20 flies per replicate.
(C) Western analysis of Dscam1 normalized to α-tubulin shows no significant difference in shExt heads compared with control heads. n = 7. p value represents two-tailed unpaired Student’s t test.
Elav represents ELAV-Gal4, and Dicer2 represents UAS-Dicer2. See also Video S1.