Fig. 6

Observed rescue effects in C. elegans MT knock-in strains. MT knock-in strains (10md-MT and 2d-MT) referred to the N2 wild-type or the MT-deficient mtl-1 strain under control (no Cd²⁺  exposure) or Cd²⁺  exposure conditions. (A) Colors denote that observed effects are either not significant (grey) (p > 0.05 at 95% confidence), close to significance indicating a biological trend (light green) (p > 0.07), or significant (dark green) (p < 0.05 at 95% confidence). (B) Data of panel A is reduced to indicate the observed rescues effect of the two MT strains, compared to both reference strains (N2, mtl-1): ‘-‘ no rescue effect, ‘~’ partial rescue effect, ‘+’ rescue effect, ‘++’ outperformance.