Apoptosis Maintains Oocyte Quality in Aging Caenorhabditis elegans Females
Figure 3
The larval lethality caused by apoptosis mutants is not due to low oocyte quality.
(A) Females with (c) or without (+) the indicated mutation were crossed with corresponding males, and their offspring were assayed for growth. Bars indicate the percent of larvae from each cross that remained in the L1 stage after 48 hours. Error bars represent 95% confidence intervals. (B) Nomarski photomicrograph of two ced-3(n718) larvae at 48 hours post-fertilization. The animal at the top had permanently arrested at this stage, and eventually died.