Table 1 Relative pumping rates C. elegans mutants.

From: Dissecting a central flip-flop circuit that integrates contradictory sensory cues in C. elegans feeding regulation

Strains

Control

Diacetyl

P -value

Isoamylol

P -value

Quinine

P -value

WT

100.0±2.3

123.3±3.9

P<0.001

29.2±3.9

P<0.001

22.5±5.4

P<0.001

ser-1(ok345)

95.7±1.8

122.2±2.3

P<0.001

55.5±2.5

P<0.001

20.4±3.5

P<0.001

mod-1(ok103)

107.5±1.7

114.1±3.2

P =0.064

41.5±0.03

P<0.001

21.6±3.2

P<0.001

ser-2(pk1357)

101.3±2.7

122.8±1.7

P<0.001

97.1±3.0

P =0.247

94.6±2.2

P =0.066

ser-2(ok2103)

96.7±1.7

120.5±1.7

P<0.001

97.2±1.5

P =0.284

92.3±2.1

P =0.122

ser-3(ok1995)

94.4±2.1

ND

ND

ND

ND

26.7±2.4

P<0.001

ser-4(ok512)

90.7±1.2

114.2±1.6

P<0.001

20.8±2.3

P<0.001

24.1±8.5

P<0.001

ser-5(ok3087)

96.4±2.4

115.4±1.3

P<0.001

34.1±7.0

P<0.001

31.1±3.1

P<0.001

ser-6(tm2104)

102.3±2.1

ND

ND

ND

ND

26.4±2.6

P<0.001

ser-7(ok1944)

87.3±5.2

116.6±1.9

P<0.001

25.7±2.8

P<0.001

26.0±4.9

P<0.001

tyra-2(tm1815)

98.3±1.4

116.9±2.1

P<0.001

27.5±5.4

P<0.001

34.8±10.0

P<0.001

tyra-3(ok325)

108.5±3.4

120.9±1.6

P<0.001

20.8±2.8

P<0.001

17.9±3.8

P<0.001

  1. Abbreviations: ND, not detected; WT, wild type.
  2. All comparisons were made to the appropriate controls. Defective responses to sensory inputs are in bold. All values are presented as means±s.e.m. averaged from n=10 to 12 animals. P-values are calculated using Student's t-test.
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