Table 2.

Phenotypes of sterile adults deficient for H3K4 demethylases

Strains	Wild-type (%)	Atrophy† or empty‡ (%)	Prolif§ (%)	Other¶ (%)	Number of bivalents**
Wild-type	100	0	0	0	5.7 ± 0.1
rbr-2(tm1231)	40.3	44.2	13.2	2.3	5.7 ± 0.1
rbr-2(ok2544)	46.5	41.1	13.4	0	5.7 ± 0.1
rbr-2(tm1231)/rbr-2(ok2544)	33.3	57.8	0	8.9	5.9 ± 0.1
spr-5(by134); rbr-2(ok2544)	35.5	41.9	6.5	16.1	5.8 ± 0.2
spr-5(by134)	36.7	61.2	2	0	5.4 ± 0.1*

^†Less than half the number of germ cells as compared to wild-type.

^‡No germ cells.

^§Overproliferated germline.

^¶Unusual germline morphology including fragmented chromosomes and endomitotic oocytes.

^**Mean ± SEM.

^*P < 0.05 compared to wild-type.