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Table 1 Rates of reproduction at different food concentrations

From: Quantitative genetic analysis of life-history traits of Caenorhabditis elegans in stressful environments

  

Food concentration (% w/v)

Pharyngeal defect

Line

100

50

25

12.5

6.25

None

N2

0.56 ± 0.02

0.50 ± 0.01

0.51 ± 0.02

0.45 ± 0.01

0.34 ± 0.01

Mild

eat-14

0.48 ± 0.01 (0.86)

0.47 ± 0.01 (0.94)

0.45 ± 0.01 (0.88)

0.38 ± 0.01 (0.84)

0.31 ± 0.03 (0.91)

 

eat-15

0.45 ± 0.03 (0.80)

0.49 ± 0.01 (0.98)

0.49 ± 0.02 (0.96)

0.47 ± 0.02 (1.04)

0.37 ± 0.04 (1.09)

Strong

eat-10

0.42 ± 0.01 (0.75)

0.42 ± 0.01 (0.84)

0.40 ± 0.01 (0.78)

0.34 ± 0.01 (0.75)

0.25 ± 0.01 (0.74)

 

eat-13

0.31 ± 0.01 (0.55)

0.30 ± 0.01 (0.6)

0.30 ± 0.01 (0.59)

0.26 ± 0.01 (0.58)

0.23 ± 0.01 (0.68)

  1. The rates of reproduction, q, (± 1 SE) for N2 and four eat mutants at a range of food concentrations. Values in parentheses are the proportionate change of the rate of reproduction compared to N2 at the same food concentration.