Fig. 5

Effects of GGsTop, a TG inhibitor, on oviposition. GGsTop was injected into the ventral side of an abdomen of a female louse or coated over hair. Representative images of the eggs from a the control and b GGsTop-injected females. c The number of eggs, d %hatchability of eggs, e %desiccated eggs and f %detached eggs from hairs laid from the control or GGsTop-injected females during 24 h post-treatment. g Representative images of eggs laid on GGsTop-treated hair. Yellow arrowheads in panel B indicate the shriveled dead eggs whereas red arrowheads in panels b and g indicate solidified glue-like material. The asterisk marks indicate the statistically significant mean values as judged by Student’s t-test (*P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001). Error bars indicate standard deviation