FC cell heteroplasmy as scored by FISH
| Homoplasmic CWΔ | Heteroplasmic CWΔ:FLPΔ | Homoplasmic FLPΔ | Number of cells examined | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | ||
| FC I | ||||
| Day 22 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 93 |
| Day 32 | 55 | 3 | 42 | 109 |
| Day 51 | 46 | 4 | 50 | 172 |
| Day 59 | 12 | 41 | 47 | 116 |
| Day 104 | 42 | 55 | 3 | 121 |
| FC II | ||||
| Day 22 | 3 | 78 | 18 | 132 |
| Day 25 | 19 | 50 | 31 | 74 |
| Day 28 | 42 | 16 | 41 | 93 |
| Day 30 | 54 | 6 | 40 | 110 |
| Day 32 | 49 | 1 | 50 | 156 |
| Day 60 | 47 | 9 | 44 | 115 |
| Day 90 | 22 | 46 | 32 | 122 |
| Day 120 | 40 | 12 | 48 | 130 |
| Homoplasmic CWΔ | Heteroplasmic CWΔ:FLPΔ | Homoplasmic FLPΔ | Number of cells examined | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC I | ||||
| Day 22 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 93 |
| Day 32 | 55 | 3 | 42 | 109 |
| Day 51 | 46 | 4 | 50 | 172 |
| Day 59 | 12 | 41 | 47 | 116 |
| Day 104 | 42 | 55 | 3 | 121 |
| FC II | ||||
| Day 22 | 3 | 78 | 18 | 132 |
| Day 25 | 19 | 50 | 31 | 74 |
| Day 28 | 42 | 16 | 41 | 93 |
| Day 30 | 54 | 6 | 40 | 110 |
| Day 32 | 49 | 1 | 50 | 156 |
| Day 60 | 47 | 9 | 44 | 115 |
| Day 90 | 22 | 46 | 32 | 122 |
| Day 120 | 40 | 12 | 48 | 130 |
Cells for both fusion experiments (FC I and FC II) were scored as heteroplasmic CWΔ:FLPΔ if they carried appreciable FISH signal for both CW Δ-mtDNA (red) and FLP Δ-mtDNA (green) FISH probes. Cells having predominantly one signal were scored as homoplasmic. For example, the arrowheads in Fig. 6 B at day 120 show nucleoids that are in a clear minority (i.e. red in a predominantly green cell, green in a predominantly red cell). Both cells were considered to be essentially homoplasmic for the majority nucleoid population and were scored accordingly.
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