Fig. 5. Experiments 3 and 4, showing the photoresponse of individually assayed
larvae, tested on either PURE agarose or on agarose plates containing
gustatory stimuli. (A) Percentage of CS-F larvae located in a covered ('dark')
quadrant in Experiment 3. Animals were observed every 10 s for 5 min in an
X-plate photoresponse assay. The 50% line indicates random distribution.
Animals were tested on either fructose (FRU; 1 mol l-1), quinine
hemisulfate (QUI; 0.2%), sucrose (SUC; 1 mol l-1), or NaCl (2 mol
l-1). (B) For each animal, a PREF value was calculated; positive
values indicate dark preference and negative values, light preference. The box
plot represents the median as the middle line and 10 and 90, and 25 and 75%
quantiles as whiskers and box boundaries, respectively. No significant
difference between the PREF values was found. Sample sizes were
N=150, 150, 142, 146, and 144 for FRU, QUI, SUC, NaCl and PURE,
respectively. (C) Experiment 4 is a repetition of Experiment 3, but using
animals from the CS-W wild-type strain and employing the down-sized X-plate
assay. PREF values were tested on either PURE agarose or on agarose plates,
containing FRU (2 mol l-1) or NaCl (4 mol l-1). Sample
sizes from left to right, N=88, 88, 72.