Different ratios of two ascarosides have distinct effects on reproductive recovery from stress.

<p>The effect of single ascarosides and cocktails of two ascarosides on the recovery of fecundity after heat stress. *<i>P</i> < 0.05, ***<i>P</i> < 0.001. P-values were calculated using binomial test and Bonferroni corrected for multiple comparisons. Error bars are ±SD among separate trials. See <a href="http://www.plosgenetics.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pgen.1005729#pgen.1005729.s013" target="_blank">S1 Table</a> for raw experimental data including numbers of independent trials and worms tested in each trial. The dashed line marks the average recovery fraction with male scent (the value shown in <a href="http://www.plosgenetics.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pgen.1005729#pgen.1005729.g001" target="_blank">Fig 1B</a>). Ethanol on the control plates made recovery somewhat higher than in <a href="http://www.plosgenetics.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pgen.1005729#pgen.1005729.g001" target="_blank">Fig 1B</a>.