The Noncell Autonomous Requirement of Proboscipedia for Growth and Differentiation of the Distal Maxillary Palp during Metamorphosis of Drosophila melanogaster
Table 4
The effect of mouthpart-specific, RNAi mediated inhibition of components of the WG and HH pathways on distal maxillary palp length.
RNAi line
Construct
Targeted mRNA
Length of the distal maxillary palp (μm) ± SEM
Female (UASdicer2+)
Male (UASdicer2−)
y w
—
—
160 ± 3 (5)#
139 ± 1 (5)
1402
193
HH
144 ± 3 (5)
141 ± 2 (5)
1403
193
HH
126 ± 1 (5)
127 ± 3 (5)
43255
6242
HH
138 ± 2 (5)
136 ± 3 (5)
y w
—
—
156 ± 3 (5)
134 ± 1 (5)
13351
5007
WG
134 ± 3 (5)
135 ± 4 (5)
39676
5007
WG
130 ± 6 (2)
127 ± 2 (3)
7767
1372
ARM
138 ± 1 (5)
141 ± 1 (4)
107344
102545
ARM
— (0)
108 ± 8 (4)
25940
10429
PAN
143 ± 3 (5)
138 + 2 (5)
9542
577
SMO
136 ± 2 (4)
134 ± 2 (5)
Data in the same column with the same letter are not significantly different (P > 0.05). Number of biological replicates.