Figure 8.

Genetic interaction between ari²and comt⁶mutants. Time to reach full paralysis in a 37 °C water bath of comt⁶/comt⁶ females is not statically significant with respect to comt⁶ari²/comt⁶ (mean 311 ± 31 versus 253 ± 22; p = 0.14). The recovery time shows a strong increase in the later genotype, where three out of 13 individuals required more than 1 h to reach the recovery criterion (not included). Eventually, all flies fully recovered from temperature paralysis. On average, the mean recovery time was of 893 ± 82 and 1693 ± 116, comt⁶/comt⁶versus comt⁶ari²/comt⁶, respectively. These values are statistically different under the unpaired Student's t test; p < 0.0001. As control, comt⁶ari²/FM7 females were tested in parallel showing no paralysis during the whole time of the test.