Locomotor behavior summary for <i>Mai179-Gal4</i> mediated RNAi knockdown of PDF.

Mai179-Gal4-mediated uas-Dcr2 and uas-PDFrnai expression was associated with high levels of arhythmicity under DD relative to controls. The τ of rhythmic y w,uas-Dcr2/y;Mai179-Gal4/+;uas-PDFrnai/+ flies was not significantly different than those of y w,uas-Dcr2/y;Mai179-Gal4/+ and y w,uas-Dcr2/y;;uas-PDFrnai/+ controls (ANOVA p = 0.6314). ANOVA revealed a significant difference in the power of free-running locomotor rhythms between genotypes, but Tukey's test revealed no significant difference between y w,uas-Dcr2/y;Mai179-Gal4/+;uas-PDFrnai/+ flies and y w,uas-Dcr2/y;Mai179-Gal4/+ controls (p>0.05). There was no significant difference in evening peak phase between genotypes (ANOVA p = 0.0628).