Table 3 Sex ratio of the progeny developed from the eggs laid by females injected with Tctra dsRNA

From: Sex determination in beetles: Production of all male progeny by Parental RNAi knockdown of transformer

dsRNA

No of adults injected

No of survivors

No of progenies (larvae)

No of females (pupa or adults)

No of males (pupa or adults)

malE

5 female and 5 male

All

240

130

110

Tctra

5 female and 5 male

All

34

0

34 (31 genetic males + 3 genetic females)