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Table 4.

Genetic interactions between the hnd-1/EHN genes

	Gonadal morphology(%)^{^*}					Lethality(%)^{^†}
Genotype	Two arms	None visible	n_L	Larval lethal	Dead embryos	n_T
hnd-1(q740)	48	5	656	20^{^‡}	8	909
ehn-1(q638)	89	0	638	5^{^§}	0	671
ehn-1(q690)	87	0	351	5^{^§}	9	413
ehn-3(q689)	82	0	1031	0	1	1046
ehn-1(q638); ehn-3(q689)	4	20	779	2^{^§}	6	853
ehn-1(q690); ehn-3(q689)	2	36	474	4^{^§}	0	495
ehn-1(q690); hnd-1(q740)	15	26	114	47^{^‡}^{^§}	11	651
ehn-3(q689); hnd-1(q740)	0	82	376	6^{^‡}	8	437
ehn-1(q638); ehn-3(q689); hnd-1(RNAi)	0	81	63	48^{^‡}^{^§}	24	130

	Gonadal morphology(%)^{^*}					Lethality(%)^{^†}
Genotype	Two arms	None visible	n_L	Larval lethal	Dead embryos	n_T
hnd-1(q740)	48	5	656	20^{^‡}	8	909
ehn-1(q638)	89	0	638	5^{^§}	0	671
ehn-1(q690)	87	0	351	5^{^§}	9	413
ehn-3(q689)	82	0	1031	0	1	1046
ehn-1(q638); ehn-3(q689)	4	20	779	2^{^§}	6	853
ehn-1(q690); ehn-3(q689)	2	36	474	4^{^§}	0	495
ehn-1(q690); hnd-1(q740)	15	26	114	47^{^‡}^{^§}	11	651
ehn-3(q689); hnd-1(q740)	0	82	376	6^{^‡}	8	437
ehn-1(q638); ehn-3(q689); hnd-1(RNAi)	0	81	63	48^{^‡}^{^§}	24	130

^*

Percentage of living adults (n_L) with two gonadal arms (Two arms) or no visible gonad (None visible)

Lethality is a percentage of total progeny(n_T)

Arrested larvae often had severe body shape defects

Larvae died as L1s with no obvious morphological defects