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Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, Dpy, and Long Thin Steriles (adults lay no or few eggs). lin-23 animals have excess cell divisions in larval blast cell lineages.

Hermaphrodtes segregate impotent males. Males show very slight swelling of bursa.

Males abnormal.

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.

Heterozygotes are weakly Dpy and segregate more weak Dpys, dpy-13 homozygotes and ncl-2 homozygotes. ncl-2 homozygotes are viable, sterile animals with abnormal nucleoli (abnormal refractile appearance by Nomarski). Imperfectly balanced: May Break Down!!

Variable failures in cytokinesis. Mostly viable and fertile.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, Dpys, and steriles. mig-6(e1931) hermaphrodites are sterile, with failure of DTC migrations. Gonad sterile, disorganized, otherwise hermaphrodites appear normal. Strain is imperfectly balanced - check for correct segregation of Dpy and Mig from WT hermaphrodites.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, Dpy, Vul, and dead eggs. The Dpys throw Dpy males. Maintain by picking WT.

WT hermaphrodites which segregate WT hermaphrodites and tra-1 homozygous XX; weakly masculinized class A7, never fertile as males.

Some FITC uptake by amphids but not by phasmids. Hypodermal defect.

WT heterozygote, fem-1(e1965) maternal. Segregates WT heterozygotes, WT fem-1 homozygotes that give only fertile female progeny, and UncMor. (Probably has lost mor-2 [Edgley, 4/92]. When confirmed, should be given a new strain name.)

WT phenotype. tra-3 amber mutant carrying homozygous linked amber suppressor.

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.

Heterozygotes are Unc (shaker; don't move well) and segregate more Shaker Unc, WT and DpyUnc (short and fairly paralyzed). The WT give only males. e1957 previously called sup-21.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, DpyUnc and dead eggs. Maintain by picking WT.

Heterozygotes are WT (somewhat Unc and Egl) and segregate WT, DpyUnc and dead eggs. Maintain by picking WT.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, DpyUnc and fertile females.

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.

Suppressed Dpy. e1957 previously called sup-21.

Males are missing most of the rays and additional alae extend into the tail.

Uncoordinated and Blistered.

Hets are Unc and segregate Unc, WT hermaphrodites and dead eggs. The WT hermaphrodites segregate only abnormal sterile males or intersexes. Maintain by picking Unc.

Weakest known fem-3 mutation. Viable non-temperature-sensitive self-fertile XX hermaphrodites. e1999 XO males are slightly feminized, sometimes male-fertile. Reference: Hodgkin (1986) PMID: 3770465.

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.

eIs2137 [sup-7(+) + Dm-hsp::lacZ] IV. lacZ expression induced by heat shock. Limited pattern (the pSHZ1 vector was originally designed for use in Drosophila, not C. elegans, and is not the best vector for expression of lacZ in the worm). This strain has predominantly historical value (as the first C. elegans strain shown to express a foreign gene). eIs2137 transgene is integrated and contains two plasmids: pAST (sup-7 amber suppressor), and pSHZ1 (lacZ driven by Drosophila heat shock promoter (S. Munro)).

e2008 recessively suppresses the phenotypes of mutations in unc-54(r293), lin-29(n546), tra-2 and dpy-5. Abnormal male tail. smg-2 homozygotes have slightly abnormal movement.

Phenotypically wildtype XX hermaphrodite at 20C; poor viability and fertility at 25C. Rare XO animals are hermaphrodite due to suppression of amber mutation e2115 and consequent transformation of XO due to tra-2(e2046) gain-of-function. Reference: Hodgkin & Albertson (1995) PMID: 8647390.

Self-fertile intersexual XX animals. Tra-3 masculinized phenotype suppressed by egl-26 mutation. Reference: Hodgkin (1986) PMID: 3770465.

WT heterozygotes segregate WT, DpyUnc and unhatched eggs.

From CB1490, which is a double mutant of him-5 with ali-1. CB4088 has been outcrossed to remove ali-1.

Males have abnormal swollen bursa. Hermaphrodites have abnormal swollen vulva.

Anterior displacement of rays and fan. Ray identities are not altered. Slightly Unc (coiler).

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, Uncs which are sterile and dead eggs (eDf2 homozygotes). Strain breaks down very rarely.

WT hermaphrodites. Mails have ectopic lateral alae in tail region. Segregates males.

sup-34 is dominant amber suppressor: weak suppression of Unc, medium suppression of Dpy.

Wildtype hermaphrodites segregating wildtype hermaphrodites and tra-1 XX males, which mate with greater efficiency than most tra-1 XX mutants. Reference: Hodgkin (1987) PMID:3428597.

Hermaphrodites have an abnormal protrusive vulva. Segregate males with abnormally swollen bursa. Suppressor of certain alleles of certain genes.

Hermaphrodites have an abnormal protrusive vulva. Segregate males with abnormally swollen bursa. ma116 is a weak recessive suppressor of certain alleles of certain genes.

Hermaphrodites segregating males with abnormal ray lineages. Reference: Hodgkin et al. (1989) Genome, 31, 625-637. doi:10.1139/g89-116.

Poorly growing, low self-fertility masculinized XX hermaphrodites. Weak allele of tra-2, partly suppressed to self-fertility by smg (NMD) mutation; permits efficient selection of new feminizing mutations. References: Spence et al. (1990) PMID: 2317869. Zarkower et al. (1994) PMID: 7520378.

Wild type hermaphrodite phenotype, since tra-3(e1107) is fully suppressed.

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.

Wild type. previously called unc-110.

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.

Smg (protruding vulva) hermaphrodites segregating Smg hermaphrodites and Smg (Male abnormal) males. Reference: Hodgkin et al. (1989) PMID: 2583479.

Grows poorly, best at 20C. Self-fertile intersexual XX hermaphrodite due to partial suppression of weak tra-1 allele by smg-2(NMD). References: Zarkower et al. (1994) PMID: 7520378. Hodgkin (1987) PMID:3428597.

Unc-32 hermaphrodites segregating Unc hermaphrodites and Unc Tra homozygous XX pseudomales with variable male tails, hermaphroditic gonads and adult yolk production. Class B2 allele (male tail, sterile hermaphrodite gonad) derived by mutation of tra-(gf) allele e1575. Reference: Hodgkin (1987) PMID:3428597.

Obligate male/female strain; maintain by crossing. Anatomically normal XX females and XX males. Male/female strain with sex determined by fem-1(+). Reference: Strain 11 in Hodgkin (2002) PMID: 12399387.

Heterozygotes are Dpy and segregate Dpy, Sterile Dpys and dead eggs. [CGC received new stock in 1/1999 from Leon Avery.]