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bvIs2 contains [ric-19p::age-1(cDNA)::myc::unc-54 3'UTR + mec-7::GFP]. sqt-1(sc13) causes recessive left-handed rollers. bvIs2 rescues mg44 dauer arrest and partially rescues mg44 longevity. Array can be detected by PCR (Fwd: 5'-GCA CAG TTT TAC GAA AGG AAC-3' / Rev: 5'-ACC ATC GTT TGC AGT TGT GG-3'). Reference: Iser WB, Gami MS, Wolkow CA. Dev Biol. 2007 Mar 15;303(2):434-47.

bvIs1 contains [ges-1p::age-1(cDNA)::unc-54 3'UTR + mec-7::GFP]. sqt-1(sc13) causes recessive left-handed rollers. bvIs1 rescues mg44 dauer arrest and partially rescues mg44 longevity. Array can be detected by PCR (Fwd: 5'-GTC ATT TTG GCA CCA TAG GAG-3' / Rev: 5'-ACC ATC GTT TGC AGT TGT GG-3'). Reference: Iser WB, Gami MS, Wolkow CA. Dev Biol. 2007 Mar 15;303(2):434-47.

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tnEx212 [pod-2(+) + sur-5::GFP]. Pick GFP+ animals to maintain. sur-5::gfp(+) animals are wild type and segregate GFP(+) wild-type animals and GFP(-) pod-2(tn1691) dead embryos. tn1691 deletes ~15 kb within pod-2, including most of Exon 2 through to and including the stop codon (but not the polyA site). Reference: Starich TA, et al. eLife 2020;9:e58619 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.58619 PMID: 32735213

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mNeonGreen and Flag tags inserted at 5' end of endogenous cpg-1 locus. Superficially wild type.

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Homozygous viable, gfp expression in intestine, hypodermis, somatic gonad, excretory duct, CAN neuron. Reference: Starich et al. eLife 2020;9:e58619. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.58619

Homozygous lethal deletion balanced by bli-4- and GFP-marked translocation. Heterozygotes are wild-type with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate wild-type GFP heterozygotes, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP tn1762 homozygotes (dead embryos and L1 larvae). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick wild-type GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. tn1762 is a ~9.2 kb deletion within fasn-1, including Exon 2 thru to 57 nt preceding stop codon. Reference: Starich TA, et al. eLife 2020;9:e58619 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.58619 PMID: 32735213

Heterozygotes are WT, GFP+ in the pharynx and segregate WT (GFP+ in the pharynx), dead eggs (homozygotes for hT2) and hmgr-1(tm4386) homozygotes, which die as young larvae (L1/L2). Maintain by picking GFP+ worms and checking for correct segregation, since the hT2 balancer is lost at low frequencies. hmgr-1(tm4386) can be maintained as homozygous fertile hermaphrodites on 20 mM mevalonolactone. Reference: P. Ranji, M. Rauthan, C. Pitot and M. Pilon, 2014. PloS ONE 9(6): e100033.

Although this strain is maintainable as a homozygote it produces many dead embryos (~80%) and has a low viable brood size (~24 ± 18). Thus, the GFP tag compromises CYB-3 function.

Homozygous ok2424 animal are viable and fertile, but will go sterile in successive generations. Homozygous sterile deletion chromosome balanced by bli-4- and GFP-marked translocation. Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP ok2424 homozygotes (superficially wild-type with some sterility). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Maintain by picking GFP+ heterozygotes and checking for correct segregation of progeny to maintain a balanced stock. Derived from parental strain RB1874, originally provided to the CGC by the OMRF Knockout Group, part of the International C. elegans Gene Knockout Consortium. Paper_evidence WBPaper00041807

Viable and fertile, grows and moves well. No apparent abnormalities yet noted. Reference: Spike CA, et al. Genetics. 2022 May 5;221(1):iyac051. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyac051. PMID: 35377419

Isolated by Michael Ailion from rotting apricot from home of Wayne Davis and Danielle Endres in Salt Lake City, Utah, 8/4/2006, under tree on north side of house. Coordinates: 40° 42' 26.16" N, 111° 52' 3.27" W. Animals move very rapidly. Strain started from a single L4 hermaphrodite and grown three generations before freezing. 18S rDNA sequence differs from C. briggsae NCBI entry (PB102), but is identical to the 18S sequence of AF16, HK104, PB800 and VT847. Cross-fertile with AF16. For whole-genome sequence-verified wild strains, please request from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource (www.caendr.org).

Mixed "strain" started from many different worms that emerged from the same apricot that gave rise to strain EG4181. Some worms emerged as dauers, but there were also L4s and adults. Consists of a mix of the worms that came from the apricot to try to maintain as much diversity as possible in the population and thus is not a true strain in the traditional sense. It will be sent as contaminated worms since it cannot be cleaned up without going through a bottleneck. For whole-genome sequence-verified wild strains, please request from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource (www.caendr.org).

Unc. Not caused by ttTi5605. Mos1 allele generated by NemaGENETAG consortium (Laurent Segalat). [NOTE: 11/15/11 - This strain contains unc-119(ed9), not unc-119(ed3) as previously reported. (C. Frokjaer-Jensen)] [NOTE: The Dernburg lab has noticed an increased number of rad-51 foci in EG4322 compared to N2. Please use the outcrossed version of this strain (EG6699) instead, which does not have this problem. (C. Frokjaer-Jensen)]

Maintain under normal conditions. Reference: Andersen EC, Nat Genet. 2012 Jan 29;44(3):285-90. For whole-genome sequence-verified wild strains, please request from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource (www.caendr.org).

Utah natural isolate carrying peel-1(qq99) I. EG4348 was collected by M. Ailion from Salt Lake City, UT. qq99 designates the naturally occurring nonsense mutation in peel-1. Reference: Seidel HS et al. PLoS Biol. 2011 Jul;9(7):e1001115. For whole-genome sequence-verified wild strains, please request from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource (www.caendr.org).

Maintain under normal conditions. Reference: Andersen EC, Nat Genet. 2012 Jan 29;44(3):285-90. For whole-genome sequence-verified wild strains, please request from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource (www.caendr.org).

oxIs253 [unc-122p::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Wild type. Very dim GFP expression in the coelomycytes. Only visible on compound microscope. Plasmid pCFJ68 inserted by MosSCI into ttTi5605 site.

oxIs279 [pie-1p::GFP::H2B + unc-119(+)]. Wild type. Persistent GFP expression in germline. Visible on dissection microscope. Plasmid pCFJ127 inserted by MosSCI into ttTi5605 site.

Maintain under normal conditions. Reference: Andersen EC, Nat Genet. 2012 Jan 29;44(3):285-90. For whole-genome sequence-verified wild strains, please request from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource (www.caendr.org).

Maintain under normal conditions. Reference: Andersen EC, Nat Genet. 2012 Jan 29;44(3):285-90. For whole-genome sequence-verified wild strains, please request from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource (www.caendr.org).

Male-female strain. Maintain by mating. Caenorhabditis sp. 6 wild isolate. Isolated by Michael Ailion and Ana-Joao Rodrigues from a rotting apple collected from the home of Anabela Fernandes in Amares, Portugal (address: Dr. Adolofo Vilela, no. 29, 4720-019 Amares, Portugal). Coordinates: 41 degrees, 37', 43.577 " N; 8 degrees, 20', 51.421 " W. Apple collected March 28, 2007. The apple produced a number of growing animals in different stages, including adults of both sexes. Male/Female Caenorhabditis species. 18S RNA sequence places it closest to PS1010 C. sp. 3.

oxEx1088 [unc-17p::halorhodopsin::GFP + Litmus + lin-15(+)]. Maintain by picking wild-type.

oxEx1089 [unc-47p::halorhodopsin::GFP + Litmus + lin-15(+)]. Maintain by picking wild-type.

oxIs318 [spe-11p::mCherry::histone + unc-119(+)]. Wild type. Dim mCherry expression in hermaphrodite sperm. Barely visible on bright dissection microscope; visible on compound microscope. Plasmid pCFJ167 inserted by MosSCI into ttTi5605 site.

oxIs322 [myo-2p::mCherry::H2B + myo-3p::mCherry::H2B + Cbr-unc-119(+)]. Wild type worms with mCherry fluorescence in pharyngeal and body wall muscle. Visible on dissection microscope at high magnification. Complex transgene insertion in place of Mos1 allele ttTi5605. Useful for following "invisible" insertions at ttTi5605 site by Mos1 Single Copy gene Insertion (MosSCI). Please note: The insertion was a complex event pulling in more than one transgene and parts of the array. Therefore, the exact molecular structure of the insert is not known. Therefore the strain should NOT be used as a control for insert copy number or other detailed molecular controls of MosSCI insertions. Succesfully used as a balancer for the ttTi5605 locus.

C. elegans wild isolate. Reference: Andersen EC, et al. Nat Genet. 2012 Jan 29;44(3):285-90. For whole-genome sequence-verified wild strains, please request from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource (www.caendr.org).

qqIr7 [peel-1(qq99)] I. oxSi78 [peel-1p::peel-1 (introns included)::GFP::peel-1 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. Genetic background is a mixture of N2 and wild isolate EG4348. The oxSi78 insertion produces a PEEL-1::GFP translational fusion. PEEL-1::GFP is expressed in the spermatogenic germline and packaged into sperm. PEEL-1::GFP appears to localize to fibrous body-membranous organelles. PEEL-1::GFP does not rescue peel-1(qq99). Reference: Seidel HS, et al. PLoS Biol. 2011 Jul;9(7):e1001115.

Temperature sensitive. Accumulates dead eggs at permissive temperature (15C). Will grow at 20C, but not 25C. [5/95: Not tight at 25C - a few embryos are surviving and reproducing.]

Temperature sensitive. Maintain at 15C. Some growth at 20C.

Temperature sensitive. Maintain at 15C. Some growth at 20C.

Temperature sensitive, maintain at 15C. At 25.6C 80% of the eggs arrest at lima bean and have abnormal gut granule birefringence. Leaky at 25C. Will grow somewhat at 20C also.

ts. Maintain at 15C. Some growth at 20C.

Temperature sensitive. Maintain at 15C. Will grow at 20C, but not at 25C.

Animals heterozygous for mnDp33 are Lon and segregate Lon and larval lethals. (Animals which have lost mnDp33 are larval lethal. Animals which are homozygous for mnDp33 are also larval lethal (L1-L2).)

Animals with mnDp31 are WT and segregate WT and dead embryos. (Animals which have lost mnDp31 arrest as embryos.)

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT and DpyUnc. age-1(mg44) homozygotes from heterozygous mothers are WT and segregate only dauers at all temperatures. mg44 pka daf-23(mg44).

age-1(mg44) homozygotes throw all dauers at all temperatures (maternal effect dauer constitutive); can be rescued zygotically. age-1(mg44) homozygous animals that are maternally rescued for dauer formation are long-lived. mg44 is a Trp405 Amber mutation. Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT (1/3 of which throw only dauers) and DpyUncs.

Adults slightly Dpy. Suppresses defects caused by over-expression of mir-84. Enhances retarded heterchronic phenotypes caused by a weak allele of let-7 or loss of mir-84. Reference: Hayes GD, Riedel CG, Ruvkun G. 2011. Genes Dev. 2011 Oct 1;25(19):2079-92.

mgIs45 [mir-84(over-expressing) + tub-1::GFP] I. wIs54 [scm::GFP] V. Maintain by picking animals with good expression of tub-1::GFP in amphid neurons to maintain. somi-1 mutation suppresses precocious development of the vulva and hypodermal cells caused by over-expression of mir-84. Reference: Hayes GD, Riedel CG, Ruvkun G. 2011. Genes Dev. 2011 Oct 1;25(19):2079-92.

RNAi-defective. Reference: Zhang C, et al. Curr Biol. 2012 May 22;22(10):881-90.