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    Name CB4689   View On Wormbase
    Species C. elegans
    Genotypedpy-28(y1) III; him-8(e1489) IV.
    Descriptiony1 is a temperature sensitive mutation affecting only XX animals. him-8(e1489) causes X non-disjunction, resulting in many males. Grow at 15C. XX and XXX animals not viable above 15C. After shifting to 25C, surviving population is almost all XO males.
    MutagenNo mutagen
    Made byJonathan Hodgkin
    Laboratory CB
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