Additional file 7: Figure S3. of Positive geotactic behaviors induced by geomagnetic field in Drosophila

Abstract

CRY, PDF and Pyx pathways are required for the near-zero GMF-induced negative geotaxis. (A, C, E) Comparisons of the geotactic positioning of the CRY-, PDF- and Pyx-deficient flies rescued with their coding genes (cry-GAL4/UAS-cry;cry 01 , pdf-GAL4/UAS-pdf;pdf 01 and pyx-GAL4/UAS-pyx;pyx 3 ), respectively. Error bars: SEM. n.s., not significant. **, P < 0.01; ***, P < 0.005 by Student’s t-test. (B, D, F) Comparisons of the geotactic positioning of the flies bearing the GAL4 transgenes only (cry-GAL4/+, pdf-GAL4/+ and pyx-GAL4/+) and the UAS-RNAi transgene only (UAS-cry RNAi/+, UAS-pdf RNAi/+ and UAS-pyx RNAi/+), and the flies with the knockdown of cry, pdf and pyx transcripts (cry-GAL4/UAS-cry RNAi, pdf-GAL4/UAS-pdf RNAi and pyx-GAL4/UAS-pyx RNAi), respectively. Error bars: SEM. n.s., not significant. *, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01; ***, P < 0.005 by Student’s t-test. For all the data, n = 10 trials. (PDF 19 kb)