Fig. 3: Knockdown of L. striatellus Zfh1 homolog (LsZfh1) leads to long-winged (LW) morphs. | Nature Communications

Fig. 3: Knockdown of L. striatellus Zfh1 homolog (LsZfh1) leads to long-winged (LW) morphs.

From: The transcription factor Zfh1 acts as a wing-morph switch in planthoppers

Fig. 3

Third-instar L. striatellus nymphs were microinjected with dsLsZfh1 or dsGfp. a Morphology of dsGfpSW, dsLsZfh1LW, and dsLsZfh1IMW females. dsGfpSW, dsGfp-treated L. striatellus planthoppers with short wings. dsLsZfh1LW and dsLsZfh1IMW, dsLsZfh1-treated L. striatellus planthoppers with LW and intermediate-size wings (IMW), respectively. b Number of L. striatellus planthoppers with different wing morphs upon dsRNA treatments. The LW ratio is compared between two groups using Pearson χ2 test (****P = 6.6841E-13, χ2 = 51.635 and df = 1 for females; ****P = 0.000001, and χ2 = 23.413 and df = 1 for males). The experiment was repeated three times independently with similar results. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.

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