Table 1.
Effect of DNA methylation loss on gamete transmission rate in Arabidopsis.
| Parental genotype (female × male) | Progeny genotype (MET1) | Total | TEF | TEM | Ratio | Expected ratio | Chi‐squared | Confidence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +/+ | +/− | −/− | ||||||||
| ddcc met1‐11+/− self‐cross | 109 | 155 | 0 | 264 | NA | NA | 1 : 1.42 : 0 | 1 : 2 : 1 | 78.41 | < 2.2e‐16 |
| Col‐0 × met1‐11+/− | 120 | 77 | NA | 197 | NA | 64.2% | 1 : 0.64 | 1 : 1 | 9.39 | 0.0021 |
| Col‐0 × ddcc met1‐11+/− | 193 | 71 | NA | 264 | NA | 36.8% | 1 : 0.37 | 1 : 1 | 56.38 | 5.977e‐14 |
| ddcc met1‐11+/− × Col‐0 | 100 | 104 | NA | 204 | 104% | NA | 1 : 1.04 | 1 : 1 | 0.08 | 0.7794 |
NA, not available; TEF, female transmission efficiency; TEM, male transmission efficiency.