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Table 2 Temperature dependent germline defects in mel-46(yt5) mutants

From: The DEAD-box protein MEL-46 is required in the germ line of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Genotypea

Temperature

Germline defectb

nc

%

+/+ or mel-46(yt5)/ +

20°C

0

42

0.0

mel-46(yt5)

 

0

71

0.0

+/+ or mel-46(yt5)/ +

25°C

0

31

0.0

mel-46(yt5)

 

42

77

54.5

  1. a All animals were the progeny of mel-46(yt5)/ + mothers. Animals that produced predominantly (at 20°C) or exclusively (at 25°C) dying embryos were considered to be mel-46(yt5) homozygous. b Number of gonads with any of the defects described in the text. c Number of gonads analyzed.