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Temperature sensitive lethal: inviable at 25C, grows at 20C and 15C. Somewhat sickly. Small brood sizes. At 25C homozygotes have a starved translucent appearance, facilitating Nomarski visualization of neuron processes.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, Unc and Dpyish. Dpyish hermaphrodites segregate severe Dpy (often lethal) and non-Dpy males.

Touch insensitive, lethargic.

Hermaphrodites are Dpy and segregates males. Males are non-Dpy and have severe tail abnormalities; frequently lethal to adult males.

Wild type strain segregating more wild type and embryonic lethals, in approximately 1:1 ratio.

Heterozygotes are Unc and segregate Unc, dead eggs, and Lon males. e1913 is a dominant Unc and recessive lethal. Maintain by picking Unc. e1913 previously called unc-110.

Partly or completely suppressed Dpy.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, Unc and dead embryos. eT2 homozygotes are embryonic lethals.

Marginally Unc-no sin wave. Lethargic. Recessive. M-MATING-NO SUCCESS.

Viable Dpy at 15C. Extreme Dpy or L1 lethal at 25C.

Wild-type hermaphrodites segregating WT, Fem, Unc Mor. Maintain by picking wild-type hermaphrodites. Deletion allele of fem-1, with unusual maternal effect. Reference: Spence AM, et al. Cell. 1990 Mar 23;60(6):981-90. Johnson CL & Spence AM.. Science. 2011 Sep 2;333(6047):1311-4.

Heterozygotes mostly fertile at or below 20C; all sterile at 25C. Progeny are fertile heterozygotes with variable Gon abnormality, e1254 homozygotes (strong Gon, "white patch" phenotype) and eDf18 homozygotes (embryonic lethal). See also WBPaper00003841.

At 25˚, anatomically normal fertile XX females and males; propagate by crossing. Inviable at temperatures below 25˚, owing to incomplete XX feminization by t.s. fem-2.

Wild-type hermaphrodites segregating wild-type hermaphrodites, Unc-24 females, Unc Dpy hermaphrodites. Maintain by picking wild-type hermaphrodites. Deletion allele of fem-1, with unusual maternal effect. Reference: Spence AM, et al. Cell. 1990 Mar 23;60(6):981-90. Johnson CL & Spence AM.. Science. 2011 Sep 2;333(6047):1311-4.

Temperature sensitive two-fold arrest lethal. Maintain at 15C. Easily scored, at restrictive temperature they look like tiny little croissants.

Unbalanced two-fold arrest lethal. Clone 20 - 30 WT, screen F1 for presence of mup-1 homozygotes. Easily scored, they look like tiny little croissants.

Unbalanced two-fold arrest lethal. Clone 20 - 30 WT, screen F1 for presence of mup-1 homozygotes. Easily scored, they look like tiny little croissants.

Unbalanced two-fold arrest lethal. Clone 20 - 30 WT, screen F1 for presence of mup-1 homozygotes. Easily scored, they look like tiny little croissants.

Unbalanced two-fold arrest lethal. Clone 20 - 30 WT, screen F1 for presence of mup-1 homozygotes. Easily scored, they look like tiny little croissants.

Unbalanced two-fold arrest lethal. Clone 20 - 30 WT, screen F1 for presence of mup-1 homozygotes. Easily scored, they look like tiny little croissants.

mup-1 is a two-fold arrest lethal, suppressed in this strain by dpy-10.

mup-1 is a two-fold arrest lethal, suppressed in this strain by dpy-10.

mup-1(e2430), a ts two-fold arrest lethal, is suppressed by dpy-10.

mup-1(e2430) is a temperature sensitive two-fold arrest lethal. Maintain at 15C. Easily scored, at restrictive temperature they look like tiny little croissants. Muv and Unc.

dpy-26(n199) is XO viable, XX lethal. eDp26 is a duplication of the left end of X, attached to X in an inverted orientation. Strain gives non-Dpy Egl hermaphrodites, intersexes, males and dead eggs.

eDp26 is a duplication of the left end of X, attached to X in an inverted orientation. CB4950 is homozygous for eDp26, which is XX viable and XO lethal. XX hermaphrodites are slightly small and slightly Egl.

Small. Recessive. Male spicules abnormal. M-MATING-NO SUCCESS. Synthetic lethal common.

eEx36 [F16E1 + rol-6(su1006)]. eEx36 carries multiple copies of fox-1, which confers a Xol phenotype and pRF4 which confers a Rol phenotype. dpy-26(n199) is XO viable and XX lethal. Strain consists mostly of Rol hermaphrodites and non-Rol males, all XO.

fox-1(e2643) is a 1.2 kb deletion of fox-1; functional null. Hermaphrodites and males are WT in gross phenotype, slightly abnormal in hermaphrodite fertility and male mating. Synergistic masculinizing effects with some X chromosome deletions.

EMS-induced deletion from -583 to +1017, including first two exons and part of third exon. Probable null. No obvious phenotype.

vhl-1 deletion. Constitutive HIF-1 in normoxia, slow growth and reduced brood size. See also WBPaper00005962.

Dumpy (partially-suppressed Dpy-31). Sqt-3 mediated suppression of dpy-31 lethality. Reference: Novelli et al. (2004) PMID: 15579684.

eEx512 [dpy-31(+) + sur-5p::GFP]. Pick GFP+ to maintain. Lethal dpy-31 mutant rescued by array containing dpy-31(+) 6.5 kb fragment. Reference: Novelli et al. (2004) PMID: 15579684.

Cold-sensitive lethal allele. Viable at >18C. Strongly hypersensitive to many drugs.

Viable dumpy. Suppressor allele of dpy-17: lethality of dpy-31(e2770) suppressed by e2898. Reference: Novelli et al. (2006) PMID: 16452136.

Weak dumpy. Lethal dpy-31 mutation suppressed by dpy-17 mutation. Reference: Novelli et al. (2006) PMID: 16452136.

Slightly dumpy. Variable cold-sensitive lethal (poor viability at 15C). Unusual missense allele (D297G) of sqt-3, suppresses dpy-31 lethality. Reference: Novelli et al. (2006) PMID: 16452136.

Homozygous viable dpy. dpy-31(e2919) homozygotes are almost inviable, but lethality is efficiently suppressed by sqt-3(e2906). Reference: Novelli J, et al., Genetics. 2004 Nov;168(3):1259-73.

Squat, dumpy at 15C. Inviable at higher temperatures. Deletion of most of sqt-3 coding sequence. Null by antibody staining.

Weak dumpy. Variable tail abnormal at 20C or higher. Cold-sensitive: most arrest as pretzel-stage embryos, with some escapers arresting as severely distorted L1 larvae at 15. Unusual missense allele (K280E) of sqt-3, cold-sensitive lethal and suppressor of dpy-31 lethality. Reference: Novelli et al. (2006) PMID: 16452136.

eIs101 [dpy-17(E301K) + unc-119(+)]. Weakly dumpy, non-Unc. dpy-31 lethality suppressed by integrated dpy-17(gf) transgene. Reference: Novelli et al. (2006) PMID: 16452136.

Unc. Dpyish. Recessive. Males lethal.

Weak Dpy, Gro, Skd, Daf-d, bleach sensitive. Resistant to infection by M. nematophilum (Bus). <10% larval arrest with rod-like lethality. Severe missense allele (G90E), probable null allele. Reference: Yook & Hodgkin (2007) PMID: 17151260.

eEx763 [bus-8(exonU2stop) + sur-5p::GFP]. Pick GFP+ to maintain. Lethal bus-8 mutation rescued by bus-8 transgene defective in 5' exons U1 and U2. Reference: Stroud et al (in preparation).

Viable, small, slow-growing, bleach-sensitive, resistant to Leucobacter Verde1 and Leucobacter Verde2. Lethality of subs-4(e3048) suppressed by bus-22(e3108) mutation. Reference: O'Rourke et al (in preparation).

Slightly skiddy, bleach-sensitive, drug-sensitive, Bus (M. nematophilum resistant), Bah (Yersinia biofilm resistant), Leucobacter Verde1 hypersensitive. CRISPR/Cas9-induced deletion. Reference: O'Rourke et al (in preparation).

eEx867 [subs-4(+) + sur-5p::GFP]. Pick GFP+ to maintain. subs-4(e3048) is a lethal null allele (434 bp deletion of intron5/exon6) rescued by eEx867. Non-GFP animals will be dead eggs and dead hatchlings. Reference: O’Rourke D, et al. G3 (Bethesda). 2023 May 2;13(5):jkad056. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkad056. PMID: 36911920.

Lethargic. Neurons touch abnormal. Mechanosensory abnormal-touch insensitive. Recessive. Phenotype severe. M-MATING+++ 10-30%WT.

eEx730 [ptr-15(+) + sur-5p::GFP]. Pick GFP+ to maintain. Him. Lethal 1118bp deletion allele of ptr-15 rescued by eEx730. Non-GFP animals will be dead eggs and dead hatchlings. References: O’Rourke et al. (in revision 2024), Kuwabara et al. (in prep.)

Left hand Roller. Incomplete penetrance. M-MATING+POOR <1%WT.