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Table 1 Reduced fertility of mars alone and in combination with two tlk alleles

From: mars and tousled-like kinase act in parallel to ensure chromosome fidelity in Drosophila

Crosses (females × males)

Embryo hatching rate (%)

w1118× w1118

91.7 ± 4.3

marsR160× marsR160

90.4 ± 1.4

w1118; marsP/drkR1× w1118; marsP

96.4 ± 2.6

w1118; marsP× w1118

95.8 ± 2.2

87.0 ± 2.3a

w1118; marsP× w1118; marsP

67.0 ± 1.8

39.2 ± 4.3a

w1118; marsP/Df(2R)CX1 × w1118

0

w67c23tlk27-9/+ × w1118

97.0 ± 1.1

w67c23tlkΔ14/+ × w1118

93.3 ± 0.9

w67c23tlk27-9/+; marsP/+ × w1118; marsP

92.8 ± 0.6

w67c23tlkΔ14/+; marsP/+ × w1118; marsP

87.2 ± 2.2

77.5 ± 3.3a

w67c23tlk27-9/+; marsP× w1118; marsP

48.0 ± 1.6

w67c23tlkΔ14/+; marsP× w1118; marsP

63.8 ± 2.2

42.4 ± 3.8a

  1. Age of parents was 3–5 days. At least 600 embryos were scored to determine the hatching rate in each experiment.
  2. a: Fertility was measured at the non-permissive temperature, 28.5 ± 0.5°C.