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Heterozygous. Homozygous lethal 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 tm4743 homozygotes (Egl, Mel, adult-onset sterility). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Only heterozygous animals should propagate. aph-1(tm4743) deletion allele was generated by the National BioResource Project of Japan, part of the International C. elegans Gene Knockout Consortium. Reference: Brinkley DM, et al. Genetics. 2024 Jul 8;227(3):iyae076. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyae076. PMID: 38717968.

Heterozygous. Homozygous lethal 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 tm4743 homozygotes (Egl, Mel, but do not display adult-onset sterility). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Only heterozygous animals should propagate. aph-2(tm6471) deletion allele was generated by the National BioResource Project of Japan, part of the International C. elegans Gene Knockout Consortium. Reference: Brinkley DM, et al. Genetics. 2024 Jul 8;227(3):iyae076. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyae076. PMID: 38717968.

Heterozygous. Homozygous lethal 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 ik7 homozygotes (Egl, Mel, but do not display adult-onset sterility). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Only heterozygous animals should propagate. aph-2(ik7) is a CRISPR-engineered full deletion of the aph-2 gene (3321 bp deletion). Reference: Brinkley DM, et al. Genetics. 2024 Jul 8;227(3):iyae076. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyae076. PMID: 38717968. aph-2(ik7) is the first full deletion of the aph-2 gene (3321 bp deletion); it was generated by CRISPR/Cas9, as described in Brinkley et al. 2024 Homozygous aph-2(ik7) animals are Egl and Mel and do not display adult-onset sterility (see Brinkley et al, 2024). Only heterozygous animals from this strain will propagate.

muIs32 [mec-7p::GFP + lin-15(+)]. Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP nmat-2(ju1514) homozygotes (sterile adults). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Reference: Kim KW, et al. Elife. 2018 Nov 21;7:e39756. doi: 10.7554/eLife.39756. PMID: 30461420

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 with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP q793 homozygotes (viable and somewhat fertile). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain.

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 q172 homozygotes (sterile). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Reference: Crittenden SL, et al. Development. 1994 Oct;120(10):2901-11. doi: 10.1242/dev.120.10.2901. PMID: 7607080.

Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP q827 homozygotes (viable and somewhat fertile). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Reference: Robinson-Thiewes S, et al. G3 (Bethesda). 2022 Mar 4;12(3):jkab439. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkab439. PMID: 35100350.

Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP q869 homozygotes (viable and somewhat fertile). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. q869 is a deletion of the entire lst-1 coding sequence as well as 139 bp upstream of M71 start codon and 228 bp downstream of the coding sequence. Reference: Haupt KA, et al. Development. 2019 Oct 17;146(20):dev181644. doi: 10.1242/dev.181644. PMID: 31515205

Pick GFP+ to maintain. CRISPR-engineered RAM mutations in endogenous glp-1 locus with C-terminal 4xV5 tag. Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP q1035 homozygotes (sterile). 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 by modification of parental strain JK5933 glp-1(q1000).

Pick GFP+ to maintain. Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP q869 q828 homozygotes (sterile). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Maintain by picking GFP+ heterozygotes and checking for correct segregation of progeny to maintain a balanced stock. Reference: Lynch TR, et al. Development. 2022 Apr 1;149(7):dev200332. PMID: 35394007.

Pick GFP+ to maintain. Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP q869 q1054 homozygotes (sterility/reduced fertility). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Maintain by picking GFP+ heterozygotes and checking for correct segregation of progeny to maintain a balanced stock. Reference: Lynch TR, et al. Development. 2022 Apr 1;149(7):dev200332. PMID: 35394007.

Pick GFP+ to maintain. CRIPSR-engineered modification of gld-1 FBEa and FBEa* in gld-1 3'UTR.  Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP q1243 homozygotes (sterility/reduced fertility). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Maintain by picking GFP+ heterozygotes and checking for correct segregation of progeny to maintain a balanced stock. Increase in distal GLD-1 protein levels and decrease in proximal GLD-1 protein levels. Qiu et al., in preparation.

Pick GFP+ to maintain. C-teminal V5 epitope tag inserted into endogenous sygl-1 locus that has a CRISPR-engineered mutation of predicted Notch-dependent cis-regulatory elementa LBS BCD (Yoo et al., 2004). Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP q869 q1167 homozygotes (sterility/reduced fertility). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Maintain by picking GFP+ heterozygotes and checking for correct segregation of progeny to maintain a balanced stock. Reference: Lynch TR, et al. Development. 2022 Apr 1;149(7):dev200332. PMID: 35394007.

Engineered TGT to ACA substitutions in FBEa1 and FBEb of the endogenous gld-1 locus with a downstream G to C substitution to facilitate screening by restriction digest. Pick GFP+ to maintain. Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP+, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP q1271 homozygotes (sterile Mog). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP+ and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Derived by modification of gld-1(q1242) homozygotes from parental strain JK6540. Reference: Carrick BH, et al. Dev Cell. 2024 Mar 11;59(5):661-675.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.01.005. PMID: 38290520.

Pick GFP+ to maintain. PUF-interacting motif B (PIM B) disrupted in endogenous lst-1 locus. Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP q1086 q828 homozygotes (sterile). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Maintain by picking GFP+ heterozygotes and checking for correct segregation of progeny to maintain a balanced stock.

Pick GFP+ to maintain. PUF-interacting motif A (PIM A) disrupted in endogenous lst-1 locus. Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP q1124 q828 homozygotes (sterile). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Maintain by picking GFP+ heterozygotes and checking for correct segregation of progeny to maintain a balanced stock.

Heterozygotes are wild-type with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate wild-type GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP luc161 homozygotes (embryonic lethal). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick wild-type GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. vha-1(luc161) is a 454 bp deletion removing most of the coding sequence. Reference: Gutiérrez-Pérez, P. et al. A deeply conserved miR-1 dependent regulon supports muscle cell physiology. bioRxiv, 2020, doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.31.275644.

Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP tk158 homozygotes (sterile). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Reference: Shibata Y, et al. Biol Open. 2019 Jan 17;8(1):bio038448. doi: 10.1242/bio.038448. PMID: 30635266.

Maternal effect sterile deletion 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 syb2172 homozygotes (maternal effect sterile). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP+ and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. syb2172 is CRISPR-engineered deletion removing the ATG start codon and entire sin-3 coding region. Reference: Robert VJ, et al. Development. 2023 Oct 17;150(21):dev201755. doi: 10.1242/dev.201755 PMID: 37818613.

Homozygous sterile CRISPR null mutant 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 sy2071 homozygotes (L2 or early arrested sterile). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP+ and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. CRISPR/Cas9 engineered STOP-IN null mutant of npp-10. Universal 43bp-long knock-in insertion with 3-frame stop codon (STOP-IN cassette). Left flanking sequence: CAATCAAAACAAAGGATTGTTTGGTCAGCCAGCC. Right flanking sequence: AATAACAGTGGAACTACTGGCCTTTTCGGGGCGGC. Inserted sequence between the two-flanking sequence (STOP-IN cassette): GGGAAGTTTGTCCAGAGCAGAGGTGACTAAGTGATAAgctagc. sgRNA: GTAGTTCCACTGTTATTGGC. Method Reference: Wang H, et al. G3 (Bethesda). 2018 Nov 6;8(11):3607-3616.

Homozygous sterile double mutant 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 ok1627 homozygotes. Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick wild-type GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. rpa-4(iow24) deletion generated by CRISPR/Cas9 in the rpa-2(ok1627) mutant background. Reference: Hefel et al., Nucleic Acids Res. 2021 Jan 21;gkaa1293. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkaa1293.

N-terminal 3xFLAG tag inserted into the endogenous rpa-4 locus using Crispr/Cas9. Homozygous sterile 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 ok1627 homozygotes. Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick wild-type GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Generated in rpa-2(ok1627) background. Reference: Hefel et al., Nucleic Acids Res. 2021 Jan 21;gkaa1293. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkaa1293.

F30A10.6. Homozygous lethal 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 ok1602 homozygotes (mid-larval arrest). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. External left primer: GTAATGGCTCCTTGCTCAGG. External right primer: CCGAACCGCAAGTTGTTTAT. Internal left primer: GTCACAGCTAATGGGAGCGT. Internal right primer: AACTCAACAGGATCCCTCCA. Internal WT amplicon: 3044 bp. Deletion size: 745 bp. Deletion left flank: CTTGTAAATCAAAAAGGAAGAGAGAAAAAA. Deletion right flank: CTACGGAAAACACTTTTTTACTACCTTATC. Attribution: 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. Paper_evidence WBPaper00041807

C07A9.6. Homozygous lethal 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 ok3248 homozygotes (probable early larval arrest). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. External left primer: GAAGGTTTCGGACTTGTTGC. External right primer: CGCATCCACTTTCTTCAGGT. Internal left primer: CTGAGAGCATCGCGGATAGT. Internal right primer: TGACGCGTCTAGCTCAATTTT. Internal WT amplicon: 1354 bp. Deletion size: 525 bp. Deletion left flank: TATAGCCTCCATGTGCAATCATTAATTTCA. Deletion right flank: AACCTCGATAGAACAAATTCTCGTCAACGA. Attribution: 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. Paper_evidence WBPaper00041807

aph-2. Apparent homozygous lethal 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 ok2950 homozygotes (arrest stage not determined). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. External left primer: TGGAAGTGGAGATAGGTGGG. External right primer: TGTTTCAGAACAGCGACCTG. Internal left primer: ATTCCGAGTGTCGTTTTTCG. Internal right primer: CCATTTAAAGGCGCAAACAT. Internal WT amplicon: 1456 bp. Deletion size: 426 bp. Left flanking sequence: AAAGAAACATTGAATGTGAAAAGTGAAAAG. Right flanking sequence: GAGTTTCGCATTAAAGAAAACTAGATTTTG. Attribution: 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. Paper_evidence WBPaper00041807

Heterozygotes are WT and GFP+ and segregate WT GFP+ heterozygotes, non-GFP ego-1 homozygotes (sterile with inaccurate homologous pairing of meiotic chromosomes), very rare GFP+ homozygous hT2, and dead eggs. Maintain by picking wild-type GFP+. Reference: Tabara H, et al. (2023) A small RNA system ensures accurate homologous pairing and unpaired silencing of meiotic chromosomes. EMBO J, e105002.