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Table 1 Backing and turning phenotypes of dorsal body wall-ablated males.

From: Coordination of opposing sex-specific and core muscle groups regulates male tail posture during Caenorhabditis elegansmale mating behavior

Line

Curl around hermaphrodite

Back on lateral side

Turns early

Number of good turns > number of bad turns

Dorsal body wall-ablated

22.2%

N = 27

14.8%

N = 27

37.5%

N = 24

54%

N = 24

Sham-ablated

4.3%

N = 23

P = 0.1068

0%

N = 23

P = 0.1147

5%

N = 20

P = 0.013

75%

N = 20

P = 0.2125