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Table 2.

The effects of sma-3, sma-2 and sma-4 mutations on body size

Strain	Transgenes^*	Body size(mm)^{^†}	n (worms)
sma-3(wk30)	None	0.73±0.04	80
	qcIs19(sma-3 wt)	1.19±0.10	90
	qcIs7(sma-3 DME)	0.75±0.06	42
	qIs15(sma-3 AMA)	0.66±0.04	60
	qcIs5(sma-3 ΔMT)	0.74±0.05	54
	qcIs4(sma-3 ΔSMT)	0.73±0.05	42
N2	None	1.17±0.08	30
	qcIs7(sma-3 DME)	0.72±0.06	39
	qIs15(sma-3 AMA)	0.84±0.05	56
	qcIs5(sma-3 ΔMT)	0.74±0.04	45
	qcIs4(sma-3 ΔSMT)	0.79±0.06	44
lon-1(wk50)	None	1.36±0.11	30
	qcIs15(sma-3 DME)	0.93±0.05	31
	qcIs15(sma-3 AMA)	1.10±0.07	36
	qcIs5(sma-3 ΔMT)	1.00±0.05	44
	qcIs4(sma-3 ΔSMT)	1.06±0.06	34
lon-1(wk50)	None	1.24±0.07	52
sma-3(wk30)
sma-2(e297)	None	0.77±0.06	33
	qcIs39(sma-2 wt)	1.19±0.09	45
	qcIs41(sma-2 DID)	1.07±0.09	30
sma-4(e729)	None	0.79±0.05	40
	qcEx58(sma-4 wt)	1.19±0.07	42
	qcEx59(sma-4 AA)	1.18±0.07	38
	qcEx60(sma-4 DD)	1.19±0.08	32
	qcEx61(sma-4 SSIS)	1.21±0.09	34

Strain	Transgenes^*	Body size(mm)^{^†}	n (worms)
sma-3(wk30)	None	0.73±0.04	80
	qcIs19(sma-3 wt)	1.19±0.10	90
	qcIs7(sma-3 DME)	0.75±0.06	42
	qIs15(sma-3 AMA)	0.66±0.04	60
	qcIs5(sma-3 ΔMT)	0.74±0.05	54
	qcIs4(sma-3 ΔSMT)	0.73±0.05	42
N2	None	1.17±0.08	30
	qcIs7(sma-3 DME)	0.72±0.06	39
	qIs15(sma-3 AMA)	0.84±0.05	56
	qcIs5(sma-3 ΔMT)	0.74±0.04	45
	qcIs4(sma-3 ΔSMT)	0.79±0.06	44
lon-1(wk50)	None	1.36±0.11	30
	qcIs15(sma-3 DME)	0.93±0.05	31
	qcIs15(sma-3 AMA)	1.10±0.07	36
	qcIs5(sma-3 ΔMT)	1.00±0.05	44
	qcIs4(sma-3 ΔSMT)	1.06±0.06	34
lon-1(wk50)	None	1.24±0.07	52
sma-3(wk30)
sma-2(e297)	None	0.77±0.06	33
	qcIs39(sma-2 wt)	1.19±0.09	45
	qcIs41(sma-2 DID)	1.07±0.09	30
sma-4(e729)	None	0.79±0.05	40
	qcEx58(sma-4 wt)	1.19±0.07	42
	qcEx59(sma-4 AA)	1.18±0.07	38
	qcEx60(sma-4 DD)	1.19±0.08	32
	qcEx61(sma-4 SSIS)	1.21±0.09	34

All transgenes include the rol-6 marker.

Body size: average length±s.d. at 96 hours.