<i>cdc-42</i> acts downstream of <i>pat-2</i> during cell-corpse engulfment.

aThe number of cell corpses in each genotype was scored at the indicated embryonic stage. bHomozygous progeny of the heterozygous cdc-42(gk388)/mIn1[mIs14 dpy-10(e128)] mothers. cHomozygous progeny of the heterozygous unc-79(e1068) pat-2(st567)/dpy-17(e164) mothers. dThe number of cell corpses was scored in the F1 transgenic progeny of the injected worms, n = 10 at each stage. Mutants carrying the transgene were compared to mutants without the transgene (*p<0.05 and ** p<0.001). The transgenic worms were generated as described in Materials and Methods. Statistical analysis was performed using the unpaired t test. The data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation (SD), n>15 (unless noted above).