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reSi2 [col-10p::TIR1::F2A::mTagBFP2::AID*::NLS::tbb-2 3'UTR] (II:0.77). Maintain at 15-20C. AID* and GFP tag inserted at the N-terminus of the endogenous rpoa-2 locus. This strain can be used for auxin-inducible degradation (AID) of RPOA-2 in hypodermis. Reference: Zhao Q, et al. PLoS Biol. 2023 Aug 31;21(8):e3002276. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002276. PMID: 37651423.

ieSi60 [myo-2p::TIR1::mRuby::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. Maintain at 15-20C. AID* and GFP tag inserted at the N-terminus of the endogenous rpoa-2 locus. This strain can be used for auxin-inducible degradation (AID) of RPOA-2 in pharyngeal muscle. Reference: Zhao Q, et al. PLoS Biol. 2023 Aug 31;21(8):e3002276. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002276. PMID: 37651423.

emcSi71 [myo-3p::TIR1::mRuby] (IV: -0.05). Maintain at 15-20C. AID* and GFP tag inserted at the N-terminus of the endogenous rpoa-2 locus. This strain can be used for auxin-inducible degradation (AID) of RPOA-2 in muscles. Reference: Zhao Q, et al. PLoS Biol. 2023 Aug 31;21(8):e3002276. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002276. PMID: 37651423.

ieSi61 [ges-1p::TIR1::mRuby::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. Maintain at 15-20C. AID* and GFP tag inserted at the N-terminus of the endogenous rpoa-2 locus. This strain can be used for auxin-inducible degradation (AID) of RPOA-2 in the intestine. Reference: Zhao Q, et al. PLoS Biol. 2023 Aug 31;21(8):e3002276. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002276. PMID: 37651423.

ieSi38 [sun-1p::TIR1::mRuby::sun-1 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] IV. Maintain at 15-20C. AID* and GFP tag inserted at the N-terminus of the endogenous rpoa-2 locus. This strain can be used for auxin-inducible degradation (AID) of RPOA-2 in germ line and early embryos. Reference: Zhao Q, et al. PLoS Biol. 2023 Aug 31;21(8):e3002276. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002276. PMID: 37651423.

Maintain at 15-20C. degron::GFP tag inserted into the C-terminus of endogenous tsr-2 locus. Nucleolar GFP expression. Reference: Zhao Q., et al. PLoS Biol. 2023 Aug 31;21(8):e3002276. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002276. PMID: 37651423.

Maintain at 15-20C. degron::GFP tag inserted into the C-terminus of endogenous grwd-1locus. Nuclear GFP expression. Reference: Zhao Q., et al. PLoS Biol. 2023 Aug 31;21(8):e3002276. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002276. PMID: 37651423.

Maintain at 15-20C. reSi2 [col-10p::TIR1::F2A::mTagBFP2::AID*::NLS::tbb-2 3'UTR] (II:0.77). Hypodermal-specific expression of TIR1 co-factor for AID. degron::GFP tag inserted into the C-terminus of endogenous tsr-2 locus. This strain can be used for auxin-inducible degradation (AID) of TSR-2 in epidermal tissues. Nucleolar GFP expression. Reference: Zhao Q., et al. PLoS Biol. 2023 Aug 31;21(8):e3002276. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002276. PMID: 37651423.

Maintain at 15-20C. reSi2 [col-10p::TIR1::F2A::mTagBFP2::AID*::NLS::tbb-2 3'UTR] (II:0.77). Hypodermal-specific expression of TIR1 co-factor for AID. degron::GFP tag inserted into the C-terminus of endogenous tsr-2 locus. This strain can be used for auxin-inducible degradation (AID) of GRWD-1 in epidermal tissues. Nuclear GFP expression. Reference: Zhao Q., et al. PLoS Biol. 2023 Aug 31;21(8):e3002276. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002276. PMID: 37651423.

mScarlet tag inserted into the C-terminus of the endogenous ida-1 locus. Maintain at 16-20C. Reference: Zhao Q, et al. PLoS Biol. 2023 Aug 31;21(8):e3002276. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002276. PMID: 37651423.

mKate2 tag inserted into the C-terminus of endogenous nucl-1 locus. Maintain at 16-20C. Nucleolar mKate2 expression. Reference: Mejia-Trujillo R, et al. bioRxiv 2025.05.07.652530; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.07.652530.

wrdSi23 [eft-3p::TIR1:F2A:mTagBFP::tbb2 3' UTR:: loxP] I. Maintain at 16-20C. AID*::GFP tag inserted at N terminus of endogenous rpoa-2 locus. mKate2 tag inserted into the C-terminus of endogenous nucl-1 locus. Nucleolar mKate2 expression. This strain can be used for auxin-inducible degradation (AID) of RPOA-2 in somatic tissues. Reference: Mejia-Trujillo R, et al. bioRxiv 2025.05.07.652530; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.07.652530.

ieSi11 [syp-3p::EmGFP::syp-3::syp-3 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. Maintain at 16-20C. mKate2 tag inserted into the C-terminus of endogenous nucl-1 locus. Nucleolar mKate2 expression. GFP::SYP-3 expression is readily detected in spermatocytes and oocytes in the germline, and localizes to the interface between paired homologous chromosomes during most of meiotic prophase. Reference: Mejia-Trujillo R, et al. bioRxiv 2025.05.07.652530; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.07.652530.

wrdSi23 [eft-3p::TIR1:F2A:mTagBFP::tbb2 3' UTR:: loxP] I. Maintain at 16-20C. AID*::GFP tag inserted at C-terminus of endogenous grwd-1 locus. This strain can be used for auxin-inducible degradation (AID) of GRWD-1 in somatic tissues. Reference: Mejia-Trujillo R, et al. bioRxiv 2025.05.07.652530; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.07.652530.

wrdSi23 [eft-3p::TIR1:F2A:mTagBFP::tbb2 3' UTR:: loxP] I. Maintain at 16-20C. AID*::GFP tag inserted at C-terminus of endogenous grwd-1 locus. mKate2 tag inserted into the C-terminus of endogenous nucl-1 locus. Nucleolar mKate2 expression. This strain can be used for auxin-inducible degradation (AID) of GRWD-1 in somatic tissues. Reference: Mejia-Trujillo R, et al. bioRxiv 2025.05.07.652530; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.07.652530.

wrdSi23 [eft-3p::TIR1:F2A:mTagBFP::tbb2 3' UTR:: loxP] I. Maintain at 16-20C. AID*::GFP tag inserted at N-terminus of endogenous rpoa-2 locus. This strain can be used for auxin-inducible degradation (AID) of RPOA-2 in somatic tissues in a set-2 mutant background. Reference: Mejia-Trujillo R, et al. bioRxiv 2025.05.07.652530; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.07.652530.

wrdSi23 [eft-3p::TIR1:F2A:mTagBFP::tbb2 3' UTR:: loxP] I. ieSi11 [syp-3p::EmGFP::syp-3::syp-3 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. Maintain at 16-20C. AID*::GFP tag inserted at N-terminus of endogenous rpoa-2 locus. GFP::SYP-3 expression is readily detected in spermatocytes and oocytes in the germline, and localizes to the interface between paired homologous chromosomes during most of meiotic prophase. mKate2 tag inserted into the C-terminus of endogenous nucl-1 locus. Nucleolar mKate2 expression. This strain can be used for auxin-inducible degradation (AID) of RPOA-2 in somatic tissues. Reference: Mejia-Trujillo R, et al. bioRxiv 2025.05.07.652530; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.07.652530.

wrdSi23 [eft-3p::TIR1:F2A:mTagBFP::tbb2 3' UTR:: loxP] I. Maintain at 16-20C. AID*::GFP tag inserted at the C-terminus of the endogenous rpoa-1 locus. This strain can be used for auxin-inducible degradation (AID) of RPOA-1 and UNC-104 in somatic tissues. Reference: Mejia-Trujillo R, et al. bioRxiv 2025.05.07.652530; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.07.652530.

H01G02.2. External left primer: TGCATCCCTTTGATTCCTTC. External right primer: AAACCTGGGCGCTTTTATTT. Internal left primer: GCAATCCTTGCTTGATCCAT. Internal right primer: TGATTGCAACGTTCCATGAT. Internal WT amplicon: 3033 bp. Deletion size: 1251 bp. Deletion left flank: AAACTCACTTTTGAAACATTCGGGACCATT. Deletion right flank: GATGAAGATCATGGAACGTTGCAATCAATT. This strain was provided by the C. elegans Reverse Genetics Core Facility at the University of British Columbia, which is part of the international C. elegans Gene Knockout Consortium, which should be acknowledged in any publications resulting from its use. URL: http://www.celeganskoconsortium.omrf.org.

ekIs2 contains [pie-1p::GFP::cyb-1 + unc-119(+)]. Translational fusion of CYB-1 expressed from the pie-1 promoter and including the pie-1 3'UTR. GFP::CYB-1 expression in the proximal gonad, with staining disappearing in the zygote. Maintain at 25°C.

C30G12.1 Homozygous. No overt morphological or behavioral abnormalities. 1286 bp deletion. The region of cosmid C30G12 that is deleted is 39,238 - 40,523 bps (inclusive). The deletion includes an ectopic 5 bp sequence, GGTTA. The sequence crossing the deletion for ok910 is: ....GCCATGGTTAAAAGT GGTTA AAAAATTCAGTATAT... This deletion was generated by the C. elegans Gene Knockout Project at OMRF, which is part of the International C. elegans Gene Knockout Consortium, which should be acknowledged in any publication resulting from its use. http://www.mutantfactory.ouhsc.edu/

Temperature-sensitive. Maintain at 15C. Animals form germline tumors that prevent fertility at restrictive temerature (25C). This is the first strain reported to be used for the isolation of germ cells for in vitro culture. This strain allows germ cells to remain viable for longer periods than other tumorous mutant strains tested. Reference: Chaudhari SH, et al. Dev Cell. 2016 Jul 11;38(1):33-46.

Homozygous mutant animals give rise to >97% dead embyros at the restrictive temperature of 26C, with embryos exhibiting a lack of pronuclear migration at the one-cell stage. Homozygous mutant animals give rise to 50% dead embryos at the permissive temperature of 15C. Maintain at 15C.

Temperature sensitive, embryonic lethal mutant. 98% of embryos produced by homoygous mothers hatch at 15C; 0% produced at 26C hatch (but some viability at 25C). Mutation is recessive at 26C. First mitotic spindle in one-cell zygote is mis-positioned, often abnormally near the posterior pole; some chromosome segregation defects.

ruIs32 [pie-1p::GFP::H2B + unc-119(+)] III. ruIs57 [pie-1p::GFP::tubulin + unc-119(+)]. Maintain at 15C. Temperature-sensitive embryonic-lethal at restrictive temperature of 26C; viable at permissive temperature of 15C. Reversed AP polarity axis at restrictive temperature with his-11::GFP and tubulin::GFP expression. Reference: Keikhaee MR, et al. PLoS One. 2014 Sep 4;9(9):e106484.

Weakly semi-dominant, temperature sensitive, embryonic lethal mutant. 38% of embyros produced by homozygous mothers at 15C will hatch; 2% produced at 26C will hatch. Mutation is semi-dominant at 26C: 12% of embryos produced by heterozygous mothers hatched at 26C, and about 25% of the survivors were or295/or295, indicating the lethality is semi-dominant and maternal. Mutant embyros exhibit excess cortical actomyosin contractility (extra furrows and protrusions) in early embryonic cells, during interphase and most of mitosis. Throws males. or295 is a gga to aga substitution (G16R).

Temperature-sensitive embryonic-lethal mutant. Maintain at 15C. Embryonic lethal at restrictive temperature of 26C; viable embryos at permissive temperature of 15C. [NOTE: PCR detection of or574 can be difficult. gpr-1 and gpr-2 paralogues are closely linked and 97% identical in DNA sequence.] Reference: Couwenbergs C, et al. J Cell Biol. 2007 Oct 8;179(1):15-22.

ruIs32 [pie-1p::GFP::H2B + unc-119(+)] III. apo-5(or358) is temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal. 100% dead embryos when L4 larvae are shifted to 26.6C. A small percentage of embryos survive form L4 larvae shifted to 25-26C. or358 appears to be semi-dominant; L4 or358/+ heterozygotes shifted to 26C produce ~20% embryonic lethality. Maintain at 15C. References: Encalada SE, et al., Mol Biol Cell. 2005 Mar;16(3):1056-70. Strome S, et al. Mol Biol Cell. 2001 Jun;12(6):1751-64.

Dominant, conditional, maternal-effect. At 15C, almost all embryos hatch from or346/+ and or346/or346 mothers. At25C, about 85% of embryos die from or346/+ mothers and about 100% of embryos die from or346/or346 mothers.

Temperature sensitive. Maintain at 15C. At 26C, animals give rise to 99% dead embryos, with embryos exhibiting lack of pronuclear migration at the one-cell stage. At 15C, animals give rise to 73% dead embryos.

Strongly semi-dominant, temperature sensitive, embryonic lethal mutant. 40% of embyros produced by homozygous mothers at 15C will hatch; 0% produced at 26C will hatch. Mutation is semi-dominant at 26C: 85% of embyros produced by heterozygous mothers hatched at 26C. Mutant embryos exhibit excess coritical actomyosin contractility (extra furrows and protrusions) in early embryonic cells; during interphase and most of mitosis. or621 is a tcc to gcc substitution (S15A).

Strongly semi-dominant, temperature sensitive, embryonic lethal mutant. 40% of embyros produced by homozygous mothers at 15C will hatch; 0% produced at 26C will hatch. Mutation is semi-dominant at 26C: 85% of embyros produced by heterozygous mothers hatched at 26C. Mutant embryos exhibit excess coritical actomyosin contractility (extra furrows and protrusions) in early embryonic cells; during interphase and most of mitosis. Throws males. or621 is a tcc to gcc substitution (S15A).

Temperature sensitive. Maintain at 15C. At 26C, animals give rise to 100% dead embryos, with embryos exhibiting lack of pronuclear migration at the one-cell stage. At 15C, animals give rise to 42% dead embryos.

Weakly semi-dominant, temperature sensitive, embryonic lethal mutant. 38% of embyros produced by homozygous mothers at 15C will hatch; 2% produced at 26C will hatch. Mutation is semi-dominant at 26C: 12% of embryos produced by heterozygous mothers hatched at 26C, and about 25% of the survivors were or295/or295, indicating the lethality is semi-dominant and maternal. Mutant embyros exhibit excess cortical actomyosin contractility (extra furrows and protrusions) in early embryonic cells, during interphase and most of mitosis. or295 is a gga to aga substitution (G16R).

Strain is homozygous viable due to redundancy of act- and act-3 genes. AT 15C, all embyros produced by homozygous mothers hatch; at 26C, 88% of embryos hatch. Deletion which removes 544 nucleotides of act-2 plus the predicted 3' UTR and 705 nucleotides 3' of that. This removes 163/376 amino acids of the act-2 sequence (calculated with ATG methionine included). Sequence of deletion is (text inside of slashes is deleted, with 5' and 3' sequences shown): (exon#2)5'....gtgaaatcgtgcgtgacatc/aaggagaagctttgtt........ ...tggatagacattggtgt/gcgcactccttctggat.....3'(872 nucleotides from stop codon). Removes 489/1131 coding base pairs, beginning in second exon and extending beyond the 3' UTR.

mom-2(or77) is a recessive, non-conditional maternal-effect embryonic lethal. Weak allele of mom-2/Wnt (splice acceptor mutation in last exon (exon6). 8% of mutant embryos lack gut. Heterozygotes are Unc.

let-99(or204) is temperature-sensitive, maternal-effect, embryonic-lethal. Nearly completely penetrance of lethality at 26C. Viable at 15C. Maintain at 15C. Reference: Goulding MB, et al. J Cell Biol. 2007 Sep 24;178(7):1177-91.

ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV. orIs13 [pie-1p::GFP::npp-22(genomic)::pie-1 3'UTR + unc-119(+)]. GFP-tagged NPP-22. Superficially wild-type. Might still carry unc-119(ed3) in background. [NOTE: the ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV transgene was previously annotated as itIs37 in this strain. The correct name of the transgene is ltIs37 and not itIs37.] Reference: O'Rourke SM, et al. PLoS Genet. 2007 Aug;3(8):e128.

Strain is egg-laying defective. Homozygous mex-3(or20) is a non-conditional maternal effect lethal: worms fill up with dead eggs. Heterozygotes bag with 11/16 dead embryos and larvae. About 10% of worms can lay eggs and be mated into for outcrossing. The mex-3(or20) mutant embryos produce excess body wall muscle anteriorly.

Temperature sensitive. Maintain at 15C. At 26C, animals give rise to 100% dead embryos, with embryos exhibiting lack of pronuclear migration at the one-cell stage. At 15C, animals give rise to viable progeny.

or28 is a non-conditional maternal-effect embryonic lethal mutant ; the anterior pharynx is absent. and embryonic lethality is 100% penetrant. Pick single WT heterozygous hermaphrodites to maintain strain; these hets fill up with a mix of dead embryos and larvae [11/16 dead embryos due to aneuploidy from translocation segregation and lethal homozygous hT2; vulvaless due to homozygous lin-2(e1309) mutation; about 10% of lin-2(e1309) worms are leaky and lay eggs/can be mated into]. The homozygous or28 hermaphrodites fill up with dead embryos. The lin-2 background helps to score embryonic lethality for both heterozygotes and or28 homozygotes. or28 is a G to D mis-sense mutation at amino acid position 123.

or28 is a non-conditional maternal-effect embryonic lethal mutant ; the anterior pharynx is absent. and embryonic lethality is 100% penetrant. Pick single WT heterozygous hermaphrodites to maintain strain; these hets fill up with a mix of dead embryos and larvae [11/16 dead embryos due to aneuploidy from translocation segregation and lethal homozygous hT2; vulvaless due to homozygous lin-2(e1309) mutation; about 10% of lin-2(e1309) worms are leaky and lay eggs/can be mated into]. The homozygous or28 hermaphrodites fill up with dead embryos. The lin-2 background helps to score embryonic lethality for both heterozygotes and or28 homozygotes. Strain produces a lot of males due to him-8(ec56). or28 is a G to D mis-sense mutation at amino acid position 123.

or28 is a non-conditional maternal-effect embryonic lethal mutant ; the anterior pharynx is absent. and embryonic lethality is 100% penetrant. Pick single WT heterozygous hermaphrodites to maintain strain; these hets produce 11/16 dead embryos due to aneuploidy from translocation segregation and lethal homozygous hT2. The homozygous or28 hermaphrodites produce all dead embryos with defective pharyngeal development. or28 is a G to D mis-sense mutation at amino acid position 123. Strain produces lots of males due to him-8(ec56).

ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV. ojIs1 [pie-1p::GFP::tbb-2 + unc-119(+)]. Temperature-sensitive. Viable at 15C. Complete loss of aspm-1 function at 26C. Shift to restrictive temperature for 3-6 hours to induce oocyte meiotic spindle phenotype and bypass sterility. [NOTE: the ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV transgene was previously annotated as itIs37 in this strain. The correct name of the transgene is ltIs37 and not itIs37.] Reference: Connolly A, et al. Mol Biol Cell. 2014 Apr;25(8):1298-311. PMID: 24554763

ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV. ojIs1 [pie-1p::GFP::tbb-2 + unc-119(+)]. Temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal. Maintain at 15C. Shift to 25-26C for 2-6 hours to induce meiotic spindle phenotype. [NOTE: the ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV transgene was previously annotated as itIs37 in this strain. The correct name of the transgene is ltIs37 and not itIs37.] Reference: Connolly AA, et al. J Cell Biol. 2015 Sep 14;210(6):917-32. PMID: 26370499

ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV. ojIs1 [pie-1p::GFP::tbb-2 + unc-119(+)]. Maintain at 15C; sterile at 26C. Shift to restrictive temperature (26C) for 3-6 hours to induce oocyte meiotic spindle phenotype and bypass sterility. [NOTE: the ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV transgene was previously annotated as itIs37 in this strain. The correct name of the transgene is ltIs37 and not itIs37.] Reference: Connolly A, et. al. Mol Biol Cell. 2014 Apr;25(8):1298-311.

ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV. ojIs1 [pie-1p::GFP::tbb-2 + unc-119(+)]. Temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal. Maintain at 15C. Shift to 25-26C for 2-6 hours to induce meiotic spindle phenotype. [NOTE: the ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV transgene was previously annotated as itIs37 in this strain. The correct name of the transgene is ltIs37 and not itIs37.] Reference: Connolly AA, et al. J Cell Biol. 2015 Sep 14;210(6):917-32. PMID: 26370499

itIs153 [pie-1p::par-2::GFP + rol-6(su1006) + N2 genomic DNA]. ojIs1 [pie-1p::GFP::tbb-2 + unc-119(+)]. Maintain at 15C. Temperature-sensitive embryonic-lethal at restrictive temperature of 26C; viable at permissive temperature of 15C. Reversed AP polarity axis at restrictive temperature with par-2::GFP and tubulin::GFP expression. itIs153 is an integrated derivitive of axEx1094. Reference: Keikhaee MR, et al. PLoS One. 2014 Sep 4;9(9):e106484.

ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV. orIs1 [pie-1p::GFP::mei-1 + unc-119(+)]. Maintain at 25C to retain transgene fluorescence. [NOTE: the ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV transgene was previously annotated as itIs37 in this strain. The correct name of the transgene is ltIs37 and not itIs37.] Reference: Connolly AA, et al. J Cell Biol. 2015 Sep 14;210(6):917-32. PMID: 26370499

ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV. GFP::aspm-1 localizes to meiotic spindle poles and centrosomes during early development. [NOTE: the ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV transgene was previously annotated as itIs37 in this strain. The correct name of the transgene is ltIs37 and not itIs37.] Reference: Connolly AA, et al. J Cell Biol. 2015 Sep 14;210(6):917-32. PMID: 26370499