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Table 2 Inhibitory effect of adult blt RNAi on oviposition 72 h after injection

From: Identification of a novel Drosophila gene, beltless, using injectable embryonic and adult RNA interference (RNAi)

Treatment of adult females

Number of eggs laid/fly/24 h (mean ± s.e.m.)

Control 1 (buffer injection)

8.7 ± 0.7

Control 2 (dsRNA injection)

8.3 ± 0.7

blt dsRNA injection

4.8 ± 0.6*

  1. *P < 0.001 (Dunnett's test; n = 21)