We found no significant change in the brood size of the worms between wild type and
linc-9;
linc-20 worms (Fig. 1A, 27314 and 27512, n = 20,19 respectively, p value = 0.8 by the two tailed Mann-Whitney test). This result suggests that just like the single mutations (Ishtayeh et al. 2021), the double mutation of
linc-9 and
linc-20 does not reduce C. elegans fertility under normal laboratory conditions.