Table 1 Embryonic lethality of top worms after laying eggs for 36 h.

From: Investigation into the communication between unheated and heat-stressed Caenorhabditis elegans via volatile stress signals

Heat stress time (min)

Number unhatched eggs (mean ± sd)

Total eggs (mean ± sd)

Embryonic lethality (%) (mean ± sd)

0

4.70 ± 0.30

142.05 ± 6.45

3.33 ± 0.33

5

4.17 ± 0.63

144.95 ± 5.68

2.88 ± 0.45

10

4.40 ± 0.43

151.00 ± 6.51

2.91 ± 0.34

20

3.76 ± 0.46

140.17 ± 4.50

2.68 ± 0.27

40

3.84 ± 0.57

141.23 ± 10.21

2.71 ± 0.28

60

3.12 ± 0.43

146.94 ± 6.67

2.12 ± 0.37

90

3.04 ± 0.47

150.20 ± 7.20

2.02 ± 0.35

120

4.78 ± 0.43

146.53 ± 7.34

3.26 ± 0.25

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