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Table 3 Body lengths of warthog mutants.

From: Regulation of genes affecting body size and innate immunity by the DBL-1/BMP-like pathway in Caenorhabditis elegans

Genotype

% length of N2

n

P-value

wild type (N2)

100 ± 2

10

 

sma-6(wk7)

66 ± 4

21

<.001

wrt-1(tm1417)

89 ± 4

17

0.290

wrt-4(tm1911)

89 ± 4

18

0.014

wrt-8(tm1585)

87 ± 4

20

0.080

wrt-1(tm1417); wrt-4(tm1911)

85 ± 3

17

0.020

wrt-1(tm1417); wrt-8(tm1585

89 ± 4

12

0.036

wrt-8(tm1585); wrt-4(tm1911)

85 ± 4

21

0.061

wrt-1(tm1417); wrt-8(tm1585); wrt-4(tm1911)

87 ± 4

17

0.036

  1. Body size measurements of single, double, and triple mutant combinations. n represents number of animals measured 48 hours after the L4 stage. The P-value is the probability that the tested strain length is the same as the wild type.
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