Tales of significance

BMC Biology

Comment

Graham Bell¹ 

[1] BMC Biology, BioMed Central, 236 Gray’s Inn Road, WC1X 8HB, London, UK;

关键词: Small Molecule;    Good Reason;    Molecule Inhibitor;    Female Ratio;    Untreated Group;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12915-016-0275-0

 received in 2016-06-15, accepted in 2016-06-15,  发布年份 2016

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

In this experiment, the authors were interested in testing the effect of a small molecule inhibitor on the ratio of males and females in the offspring of their model Dipteran species. The authors report that in a wild-type population, ~50 % of offspring are male. They then test the effect of treating females with the chemical, which they think might affect the male:female ratio compared with the untreated group. They claim that there is a statistically significant increase in the percentage of males produced and conclude that the drug affects sex ratios.

【 授权许可】

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© Bell. 2016