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sid-1(qt160) V. Null allele. Systemic RNAi deficient. This sid-1(qt160) allele is designed as a efficient Cas9 target for reversion to wild-type sid-1 function in co-conversion experiments. Successful reversion re-enables RNAi targeting any gene of choice. 44 nt sid-1 loss of function cassette inserted into exon 2 (Chr V: 5120123..5120124) contains exogenous crRNA site UcrRNA_AW1, stop codons in all three frames, and KpnI site, which also induces a frame shift. sid-1 LOF cassette sequence: ccgccgcactggacaaacttccctaactgactaaggtaccgata. Derived by 6x out-crossing of parental strain HC1185. Reference: Weisman, Fisher, and Hunter 2025. G3. In press.

Null allele. Systemic RNAi defective. Reference: Jose AM, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 106(7):2283-8.

Heterozygotes are WT, GFP+ in the pharynx and segregate WT (GFP+ in the pharynx), dead eggs (hT2 homozygotes) and non-GFP gld-1(q93) homozygotes with masculinized germlines. Some heterozygotes will also have a masculinized germline. Maintain by picking GFP worms and checking for correct segregation, since the hT2 balancer is lost at low frequencies. gld-1(q93) was isolated as a dominant suppressor of fem-1(hc17).

Temperature-sensitive. Maintain at 15C. Female worms at 20C; hermaphrodites at 15C. GFP tag inserted at the N-terminus of the endogenous mei-1 locus. Reference: Bhatia P, et al. Life Sci Alliance. 2025 May 29;8(8):e202503387. doi: 10.26508/lsa.202503387. PMID: 40441896.

Maintain at 15C. Pick fertile GFP+ hermaphrodites to maintain. Segregates WT GFP+ heterozygotes, non-glowing sterile gld-1 homozygotes, very rare GFP+ homozygous hT2, and dead eggs. fem-1 is temperature sensitive; causes feminization. gld-1 homozygotes form germline tumors. Reference: Biedermann et al., Dev Cell 17, 355-364 (2009).