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Table 3 Correlation between cortical interaction and embryo polarization in pod-2(ye60)

From: Involvement of fatty acid pathways and cortical interaction of the pronuclear complex in Caenorhabditis elegansembryonic polarity

 

number of embryos

cortical interactiona

asymmetric first spindle

pod-2(ye60)

5/10

yes

yes

 

5/10b

no

no

pod-2(ye60) + palmitate

17/18c

yes

yes

  1. a defined as juxtapositioning of paternal pronucleus with the cell cortex. b in one embryo the spindle initially set up symmetrically but subsequent division was asymmetric. c one embryo divided asymmetrically but with reversed polarity