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Hermaphrodites are Dpy and segregate males. Males are non-Dpy and Mab. Both sexes show lineage alterations.

Sensory neurons CEP, ADE, PDE take up FITC; tubular body of CEP cilia disrupted; slightly defective dauer formation.

Stable male/female strain propagated by crossing tra-3(e1767)IV females x tra-3(e1767)IV males. tra-1(e1575) is semi-dominant and transforms both XX and XO into fertile females. Strain contains 4 genotypes: 1) e1575/+; e1767 XX which are fertile females. 2) e1575/+; e1767 XO which are fertile females. 3) e1767 XX which are infertile pseudomales. 4) e1767 XO which are fertile males.

Shrinker-contracts both dorsally and ventrally when prodded. Slow, poor backing. Slightly small. M-MATING++ 1-10%WT

Hermaphrodites and males superficially WT. Males lay down a gelatinous plug over the vulva of mated hermaphrodites. Plug formation controlled only by male genotype. Both plg-1 and plg-1/+ males make plugs.

Severely Uncoordinated; Him; feminized at temperatures above 20C. Grow at 15C. Used for generating patroclinous WT males, by exploiting non-disjunction caused by him-8, and dominant sex-linked unc-1.

Unc. Larvae move. Paralyzed adult. Dystrophic body muscle. M-MATING-NO SUCCESS. Recessive.

y1 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.

Caenorhabditis elegans wild isolate. Wild isolate with unique Tc1 pattern. Bor phenotype. Isolated by P.S. Grewal before 1991, from mushroom farm near Taunton, England. Sent to Ann Burnell in 1991. Sent from Burnell to J. Hodgkin in Jan. 1992. Sent to CGC in Jan. 1997. For whole-genome sequence-verified wild strains, please request from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource (www.caendr.org).

Male-female strain. Reference WBG 9(3) 121. Isolated from sugar cane in Trinidad by D.J. Hunt (Commonwealth Institute of Parasitology). [7/7/93: Scott Baird and David Fitch question whether this strain is really C. remanei.] [7/95: Not cross-fertile with the authentic C. remanei isolated by Walter Sudhaus.] Previously called C. remanei by the CGC. Walter Sudhaus has tentatively described this strain as Caenorhabditis sp.; this description is not offical and is contigent upon its being published. See WBPaper00002633 and WBPaper00003993. sp. 4 in Kiontke and Sudhaus Wormbook Ecology chapter.

Him. Temperature-sensitive: infertile above 20C. Variably masculinized XX hermaphrodites segregating normal XO males. Stronger XX masculinization than null alleles of tra-3. Reference: Francis et al. (1995) PMID: 7713420.

ccIs4251 [(pSAK2) myo-3p::GFP::LacZ::NLS + (pSAK4) myo-3p::mitochondrial GFP + dpy-20(+)] I. Superficially WT hermaphrodites and males expressing GFP in nuclei and mitochondria of body wall muscles. Fluorescent body wall muscle nuclei can be seen by dissecting microscope with epifluoresence optics. Males mate poorly (ME 1/2). ccIs4251 mapped to LGI, + 2.5.

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

Unc-adults paralyzed. Dystrophic body muscle. Suppressed by sup-5 and sup-7. Null allele (?).

Maintain at 15C. Small, sluggish, slow-growing fragile hermaphrodites. Almost inviable above 20C. Reference: Novelli et al. (2009) PMID: 19751718.

Unc-slow moving. Body muscle abnormal. Semi-dominant. Birefringent patches. Eggs laid. M-MATING-NO SUCCESS.

Bus (resistant to infection by M. nematophilum), sensitive to both Leucobacter Verde1 and Leucobacter Verde2. Reference: O'Rourke et al (in preparation).

crEx498 [dpy-14p::ptr-15(+) + sur-5p::GFP]. Pick animals with nuclear GFP throughout body to maintain. Lethal ptr-15 deletion allele marked with pharyngeal GFP [loxP ::myo-2p::GFP::unc-54 3’UTR + rps-27p::neoR::unc-54 3’UTR::loxP]; lethality rescued by hypodermal expression of PTR-15 form crEx498 array. Non-nuclear GFP animals (only pharyngeal expression) will be dead eggs and dead hatchlings. Derived from parental strain VC4151. References: O’Rourke et al. (in revision 2024).

Stiff. Body muscle abnormal.

Severe Unc. Paralyzed adults. Dystrophic body muscle.

Bacteria. CeMbio Collection. Isolate from soil of mesocosm experiment. More information about collection on the project's wiki: http://www.cembio.uni-kiel.de/. 16S rRNA primer: 27F/1492R. 16S rRNA sequence: TTGAAGAGTTTGATCATGGCTCAGATTGAACGCTGGCGGCAGGCCTAACACATGCAAGTCGAACGGTAACAGGAAGCAGCTTGCTGCTTTGCTGACGAGTGGCGGACGGGTGAGTAATGTCTGGGAAACTGCCTGATGGAGGGGGATAACTACTGGAAACGGTAGCTAATACCGCATAACGTCGCAAGACCAAAGAGGGGGACCTTCGGGCCTCTTGCCATCGGATGTGCCCAGATGGGATTAGCTAGTAGGTGGGGTAACGGCTCACCTAGGCGACGATCCCTAGCTGGTCTGAGAGGATGACCAGCCACACTGGAACTGAGACACGGTCCAGACTCCTACGGGAGGCAGCAGTGGGGAATATTGCACAATGGGCGCAAGCCTGATGCAGCCATGCCGCGTGTATGAAGAAGGCCTTCGGGTTGTAAAGTACTTTCAGCGGGGAGGAAGGCGATAAGGTTAATAACCTTGTCGATTGACGTTACCCGCAGAAGAAGCACCGGCTAACTCCGTGCCAGCAGCCGCGGTAATACGGAGGGTGCAAGCGTTAATCGGAATTACTGGGCGTAAAGCGCACGCAGGCGGTCTGTCAAGTCGGATGTGAAATCCCCGGGCTCAACCTGGGAACTGCATTCGAAACTGGCAGGCTAGAGTCTTGTAGAGGGGGGTAGAATTCCAGGTGTAGCGGTGAAATGCGTAGAGATCTGGAGGAATACCGGTGGCGAAGGCGGCCCCCTGGACAAAGACTGACGCTCAGGTGCGAAAGCGTGGGGAGCAAACAGGATTAGATACCCTGGTAGTCCACGCCGTAAACGATGTCGACTTGGAGGTTGTGCCCTTGAGGCGTGGCTTCCGGAGCTAACGCGTTAAGTCGACCGCCTGGGGAGTACGGCCGCAAGGTTAAAACTCAAATGAATTGACGGGGGCCCGCACAAGCGGTGGAGCATGTGGTTTAATTCGATGCAACGCGAAGAACCTTACCTACTCTTGACATCCAGAGAACTTAGCAGAGATGCTTTGGTGCCTTCGGGAACTCTGAGACAGGTGCTGCATGGCTGTCGTCAGCTCGTGTTGTGAAATGTTGGGTTAAGTCCCGCAACGAGCGCAACCCTTATCCTTTGTTGCCAGCGGTTAGGCCGGGAACTCAAAGGAGACTGCCAGTGATAAACTGGAGGAAGGTGGGGATGACGTCAAGTCATCATGGCCCTTACGAGTAGGGCTACACACGTGCTACAATGGCGCATACAAAGAGAAGCGACCTCGCGAGAGCAAGCGGACCTCATAAAGTGCGTCGTAGTCCGGATTGGAGTCTGCAACTCGACTCCATGAAGTCGGAATCGCTAGTAATCGTGGATCAGAATGCCACGGTGAATACGTTCCCGGGCCTTGTACACACCGCCCGTCACACCATGGGAGTGGGTTGCAAAAGAAGTAGGTAGCTTAACCTTCGGGAGGGCGCTTACCACTTTGTGATTCATGACTGGGGTGAAGTCGTAACAAGGTAACCGTAGGGGAACCTGCGGTTGGATCACCTCCTT

Dose-dependent sensitivity (developmental arrest) to pladienolide B and herboxidiene (modulators of pre-mRNA splicing). sftb-1(cer144[S1090A, A1095T, I1096V, F1101Y]) contains four missense mutations reproducing the HEAT repeat 15 of the human SF3B1 protein. Ten silent mutations increase primer specificity for PCR genotyping. Primers used for genotyping: (WT For: GAGCTGCAATTAATACATTTGGATTT) (WT Rev: AAACTCGCATTCCTTCACAT) (cer144 For: GGTACTATTCTGTGGCGTCT) (cer144 Rev: GTAACCGAAAGTGTTCACAGTT) Reference: Serrat X, et al. PLoS Genet. 2019 Oct 21;15(10):e1008464.

Isolated in 1991 by Carlos E. Winter in soil samples taken at the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. Hermaphrodite strain. Adults are smaller than C. elegans. The life cycle is a little longer than C. elegans at 22C. Each lays about 300 eggs in the three days following the moult from L4 to adult. Eggs are laid just after being fertilized resulting sometimes in plates with many eggs (much more than C. elegans). See Comp. Biochem. Physiol 103B: 189, 1992. See Nematology 2(1): 89-98, 2000. Can be grown and maintained on NGM. L1s easily frozen and stored in liquid nitrogen. This strain is deposited in Paul Sternberg's collection under the name PS1022. The species has not yet been determined; Lynn Carta will publish a paper proposing Oscheius brevesophaga. DO NOT use this name before the paper is published. Contact Carles E. Winter or Lynn Carta before publishing anything official about this strain. See also WBPaper00004471 and WBPaper00004485. AKA Oscheius sp. 1.

muEx248 [(pNL209) daf-16::GFP::daf-16(cDNA) + podr-1::RFP]. Pick green (body) / red (head neurons) animals. Transmission efficiency ~50%. Can be grown at 20C with some sterility (30-50%). The higher the temperture, the greater the sterility.

muIs209 [myo-3p::kin-19::tagRFP + tph-1p::GFP]. KIN-19::tagRFP aggregates with age in body-wall muscles. Animals have reduced thrashing compared to controls. Generated in N2 background. References: Huang YC, et al. Elife. 2019 May 3;8. pii: e43059. doi: 10.7554/eLife.43059. David DC, et al. PLoS Biol. 2010 Aug 10;8(8):e1000450.

muIs253 [eft-3p::sfGFP1-10::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. muIs252 [eft-3p::wrmScarlet1-10::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. Somatic expression of sfGFP1-10 and wrmScarlet1-10 (both under the control of the eft-3 promoter and the unc-54 3'UTR). [NOTE: A low level of "leaky" GFP expression from sfGFP1-10 is detected at high magnifications.] Reference: Goudeau J, et al. Genetics. 2021 Apr 15;217(4):iyab014. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyab014. PMID: 33693628

Very sick, Muv, Scrawny. Extra rays in males in body. Ectopic expression of lin-39, mab-5, egl-5. Cold sensitive - grows better at 25C.

rg551 is an endogenous genomic CRISPR/Cas9 knock in of YFP fused to the C-terminus of the gene pck-2 in N2 background. Robust YFP fluorescence body wall muscle, intestine, hypodermis and pharyngeal muscle. Him. Reference: Goncalves J, et al. iScience 2020 Mar 19;23(4):100990. PMID: 32240955

rg444 is an endogenous genomic CRISPR/Cas9 knock in of YFP fused to the C-terminus of the EGL-2 K+ Channel in N2 background. Faint YFP fluorescent puncta can be detected on muscle membranes and neural cell bodies and processes at high power magnification in all stages. Him. Reference: Goncalves J, et al. iScience 2020 Mar 19;23(4):100990. PMID: 32240955

CGC1 (formerly known as PD1074) is intended to be used as a wild-type reference strain with the closely matched genome assembly of Yoshimura, et al. (Genome Res. 2019 Jun;29(6):1009-1022) available on Wormbase as VC2010-1.0. (ENA study accession PRJEB28388; assembly accession GCA_900538205). CGC1 is a defined and recently cloned population of animals derived from the original "Bristol" variant of C. elegans originally obtained by Brenner from E. Dougherty with no known history of mutagenesis. Brenner's original population, called N2, was used as the basis for the vast majority of laboratory strains in use currently. No early frozen stock of the unmutagenized N2 population currently exists, but later stocks were available from several laboratories. CGC1 is a clonal population founded by picking a single worm of one such stock, VC3510. VC3510 in turn derives from a subpopulation of N2 described in the literature as VC2010. We note that CGC1 is expected to be largely similar to most lab N2 strains, but that as a clonal isolate derived from N2, there will be some loci that will vary compared to any other particular N2 isolate. One such example is a partial deletion of the alh-2 locus in CGC1. Additional loci that were found to vary between the prior N2 reference genome (WormBase release WS264) and the VC2010-1.0 assembly are detailed in supplemental table 8 in Yoshimura, et al, (2019). For whole-genome sequence-verified wild strains, please request from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource (www.caendr.org).

C. briggsae reference strain formerly known as PB420. Derived from C. briggsae Gujarat, the strain that later was named G16 and then AF16. PB420 was frozen (as C. briggsae Gujarat) 22 March 1991, thawed 15 June 2020 and sent to the CGC 1 July 2020. It may be considered ancestral to AF16 and was renamed to distinguish it from AF16 strains that have been maintained in laboratory cultures. Reference: Fodor A, et al. Nematologica 1983 92: 203-217. doi:10/1163.187529283X00456. For whole-genome sequence-verified wild strains, please request from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource (www.caendr.org).

C. tropicalis reference strain formerly known as NIC58. Culture at 20°C or above. For whole-genome sequence-verified wild strains, please request from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource (www.caendr.org).

Homozygous viable and fertile. Partially penetrant Egl and cell/axon guidance defects. Deletion of nucleotides 22756-24758 based on cosmid F39H11 sequence (Genbank AF164959). Results in loss of carboxyl NC1 domain from CLE-1.

Animals commonly have a protruding vulva. Unc (slow moving and non-sinusoidal body posture). Egl. Ectopic surface binding of the lectins WGA and SBA. Males are infertile and Mab-crumpled spicules and abnormal rays and lack diagonal sex muscles.

dvIs3 [unc-54p::human transthyretin + rol-6(su1006)]. Rollers. Him. Expression of wild-type human transthyretin (TTR) in body wall muscles. Transthyretin is secreted from the muscles into the pseudocoelom and concentrates in the coelomocytes. Reference: Link CD (1995) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 92:9368-9372.

Animals are somewhat smaller than WT and commonly have a protruding vulva. Unc(slow moving and non-sinusoidal body posture). Egl. Ectopic surface binding of the lectins WGA and SBA. Males are infertile and Mab.

dvIs179 [myo-3p::GFP::3' UTR(long) + rol-6(su1006)]. Maintain at 16C. Superficially wild-type Roller; expression of GFP in body wall muscles increases with temperature. References: Link CD, et al. (2006) J Biol Chem. Jan 20;281(3):1808-16. Hassan WM, et al. (2014) Neurobiology of Aging. [NOTE: The temperature-sensitive allele cc546 causes an M1957L change in SMG-1. The lesion is an atg>ttg transversion in exon 35. Flanking sequences follow with the mutation site indicated with a capital A: ttggtggtcggttacaaaacgatattcaaga tcactggcagtcatgagtAtggttggatcagttttaggactcggtgatcg acatttggacaatttattg The lesion is detectable via SNP-snip with the mutation causing loss of an MslI site. Primers are for a 323 bp product. Digest with MslI to 86+237 in the wild type, uncut as 323 in the mutant. DJR701(f): CAGTCGTGAGCTTTGGATGCGTGC DJR702(r): TCGGGGATACGCAGATTCTTTCCC. Pedone ... Reiner G3 (2021).]

dvIs37 [myo-3p::GFP::A-Beta (3-42) + rol-6(su1006)]. Maintain at 16C. Roller. Diffuse and aggregated GFP expression in body wall muscle. Low brood size. Sicker at higher temperatures (e.g. 25C). Reference: Link CD, et al. (2008) Neurobiology of Disease,32(3):420-5.

dvIs38 [myo-3p::GFP::degron::3' UTR(long) + rol-6(su1006)]. Maintain at 16C. Rollers. Temperature-dependent expression of aggregating GFP in body wall muscle (weak at 16C, strong at 25C). Animals become paralyzed if upshifted as larvae to 25C due to expression of aggregating GFP. References: Link CD, et al. (2006) J Biol Chem. Jan 20;281(3):1808-16. Hassan WM, et al. (2014) Neurobiology of Aging. [NOTE: The temperature-sensitive allele cc546 causes an M1957L change in SMG-1. The lesion is an atg>ttg transversion in exon 35. Flanking sequences follow with the mutation site indicated with a capital A: ttggtggtcggttacaaaacgatattcaaga tcactggcagtcatgagtAtggttggatcagttttaggactcggtgatcg acatttggacaatttattg The lesion is detectable via SNP-snip with the mutation causing loss of an MslI site. Primers are for a 323 bp product. Digest with MslI to 86+237 in the wild type, uncut as 323 in the mutant. DJR701(f): CAGTCGTGAGCTTTGGATGCGTGC DJR702(r): TCGGGGATACGCAGATTCTTTCCC. Pedone ... Reiner G3 (2021).]

dvIs75 [myo-3::Abeta 1-42 G37L::3' UTR(long) + mtl-2::GFP)]. Temperature-inducible induction of human Abeta peptide in body wall muscle; paralysis in ~32 hr if induced as L3 larvae. Maintain at 16 C to prevent strong Abeta induction and larval paralysis/arrest. Reference: Fonte V., et al. Mol Neurodegener. 2011 Aug 23;6(1):61. [NOTE: The temperature-sensitive allele cc546 causes an M1957L change in SMG-1. The lesion is an atg>ttg transversion in exon 35. Flanking sequences follow with the mutation site indicated with a capital A: ttggtggtcggttacaaaacgatattcaaga tcactggcagtcatgagtAtggttggatcagttttaggactcggtgatcg acatttggacaatttattg The lesion is detectable via SNP-snip with the mutation causing loss of an MslI site. Primers are for a 323 bp product. Digest with MslI to 86+237 in the wild type, uncut as 323 in the mutant. DJR701(f): CAGTCGTGAGCTTTGGATGCGTGC DJR702(r): TCGGGGATACGCAGATTCTTTCCC. Pedone ... Reiner G3 (2021).]

Animals are somewhat smaller than WT. Often have protuding vulva. Unc(slow moving and non-sinusoidal body posture). Egl. Males are infertile and Mab. Ectopic surface binding of lectins WGA and SBA.

dvIs770 [myo-3::Abeta 1-42 wt::3' UTR(long) + mtl-2::GFP]. Maintain at 16 C to prevent strong Abeta induction and larval paralysis/arrest. Temperature-inducible induction of human Abeta peptide in body wall muscle; paralysis in 18-24 hr if induced as L3 larvae. NOTE: dvIs770 was originally described as dvIs70 in Fonte et al, 2011. The name of this array was changed to dvIs770 to avoid confusion with dvIs70 [hsp-16.2p::GFP + rol-6(su1006)] carried in strain CL2070. Reference: Fonte V., et al. Mol Neurodegener. 2011 Aug 23;6(1):61. [NOTE: The temperature-sensitive allele cc546 causes an M1957L change in SMG-1. The lesion is an atg>ttg transversion in exon 35. Flanking sequences follow with the mutation site indicated with a capital A: ttggtggtcggttacaaaacgatattcaaga tcactggcagtcatgagtAtggttggatcagttttaggactcggtgatcg acatttggacaatttattg The lesion is detectable via SNP-snip with the mutation causing loss of an MslI site. Primers are for a 323 bp product. Digest with MslI to 86+237 in the wild type, uncut as 323 in the mutant. DJR701(f): CAGTCGTGAGCTTTGGATGCGTGC DJR702(r): TCGGGGATACGCAGATTCTTTCCC. Pedone ... Reiner G3 (2021).]

F52B11.6. Superficially wild-type. knu572 is an F125L point mutation mimicking human mutation F119L in patients with PMM2 deficiency disease. Strain is sensitive to bortezomib (proteasome blocker) and displays larval arrest in liquid culture. This strain may not be distributed to commercial or for-profit entities. Please contact ethan@perlara.com for more information.

mCherry tag inserted at the C-terminus of the endogenous spin-1 locus via CRISPR/Cas9 engineering. This strain may not be distributed to commercial or for-profit entities without prior written permission from In Vivo Biosystems. Please contact support@invivobiosystems.com for more information. Reference: Villalobos TV, et al. Nat Aging. 2023 Sep;3(9):1091-1106. PMID: 37580394.

mCherry tag inserted at the C-terminus of the endogenous spin-2 locus via CRISPR/Cas9 engineering. This strain may not be distributed to commercial or for-profit entities without prior written permission from In Vivo Biosystems. Please contact support@invivobiosystems.com for more information. Reference: Villalobos TV, et al. Nat Aging. 2023 Sep;3(9):1091-1106. PMID: 37580394.

mCherry tag inserted at the C-terminus of the endogenous spin-3 locus via CRISPR/Cas9 engineering. This strain may not be distributed to commercial or for-profit entities without prior written permission from In Vivo Biosystems. Please contact support@invivobiosystems.com for more information. Reference: Villalobos TV, et al. Nat Aging. 2023 Sep;3(9):1091-1106. PMID: 37580394.

mCherry tag inserted at the C-terminus of the endogenous spin-4 locus via CRISPR/Cas9 engineering. This strain may not be distributed to commercial or for-profit entities without prior written permission from In Vivo Biosystems. Please contact support@invivobiosystems.com for more information. Reference: Villalobos TV, et al. Nat Aging. 2023 Sep;3(9):1091-1106. PMID: 37580394.

knu1099 is an engineered 7437 bp deletion in spin-4. Flanking sequences immediately outside of the region deleted ares: 5′ flank (forward strand), 5′- GTT CGG TGG AGC GCG CCT GCG -3’; 3′ flank (reverse strand), 5′- GTC TGT GTT GCT GTT CCT CAT -3’. In between these flanking sequences, a three-frame stop as well as a unique primer-binding sequence were inserted in place of the deleted sequence. This strain may not be distributed to commercial or for-profit entities without prior written permission from In Vivo Biosystems. Please contact support@invivobiosystems.com for more information. Reference: Flora Y & Bohnert KA. Dev Biol. 2023 Dec:504:137-148. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2023.09.013. PMID: 37805103.

nm77 is an HA epitope tag inserted into the endogenous Cbr-msrp-3 locus, two codons after the predicted signal peptide cleavage site of Cbr-MSRP-3. Anti-HA antibodies recognize the tagged Cbr-MSRP-3 glycoprotein on immunoblots, in the membranous organelles of spermatids, and on the plasma membrane of activated sperm (including pseudopod) in both males and hermaphrodites. To confirm presence of the nm77 insertion, use primers AT19+AT20 (WT: 291 nt, nm77: 318 nt). AT19: AAGAAGAGAGAAACCAGAAGC. AT20: AAAAGTAAAACATACCGATCACA. Reference: Van Goor J, et al. Curr Biol. 2025 35:1-7.

When singled, hermaphrodites should throw 2/3 hermaphrodites and 1/2 nm2 XX males. The lethal appears to balance the nm2 allele pretty well, but precise recombination mapping has not been performed. The XX males maintain their phenotypic resemblance to the unbalanced strain and are probably not fertile due to obvious gonadal deficiencies. This strain has been successfully grown at 15C and 20C. Both strains appear to have complete penetrance of the mutant phenotypes.