qIs50 is an insertion of ccEx9747 with markers: myo-2::GFP expressed brightly in the pharynx throughout development, pes-10::GFP expressed in embryos, and a gut promoter (F22B7.9) driving GFP in the intestine. Segregates non-glowing Dpys that are Mes (produce only sterile progeny) and glowing Unc heterozygotes. nT1[unc-?(n754) let-? qIs50] is also known as DnT1[qIs50]. qIs50 is apparently inserted on DnT1. qIs50 is somewhat dimmer than the similar qIs51. Do not distribute this strain; other labs should request it directly from the CGC. This strain cannot be distributed to commercial organizations. This strain cannot be used for any commercial purpose or for work on human subjects.

Heterozygotes are non-Dpy with a green pharynx and a WT germ line. fbf-1 fbf-2 homozygotes are non-Dpy, GFP-, and have small germ lines containing only sperm. mIn1[mIs14 dpy-10(e128)] homozygotes are Dpy, GFP+ and have a WT germ line. Do not distribute this strain; other labs should request it from the CGC. This strain cannot be distributed to commercial organizations. This strain cannot be used for any commercial purpose or for work on human subjects.

qIs24 [lag-2p::GFP]. Maintain by picking individual animals with green DTCs and green pharynx and scoring offspring for Fems and Fbfs. fem-3 is not well balanced by qIs24. fbf-1 fbf-2 homozygotes are germline proliferation defective and make only sperm. fem-3 homozygotes make only oocytes. fbf-1 fbf-3; fem-3 proliferates more than fbf-1 fbf-2 and makes only oocytes; also Muv. qIs24 contains lag-2::GFP; Distal Tip Cells are green; homozygotes are Rollers and heterozygotes Roll weakly. mIn1 is Dpy and GFP+ in the pharynx. Do not distribute this strain; other labs should request it from the CGC. This strain cannot be distributed to commercial organizations. This strain cannot be used for any commercial purpose or for work on human subjects.

Temperature sensitive. At 25C, XX germline makes only sperm; at 15C, germline makes oocytes and excess sperm. Unc. Do not distribute this strain; other labs should request it from the CGC. This strain cannot be distributed to commercial organizations. This strain cannot be used for any commercial purpose or for work on human subjects.

Gain of function. Temperature sensitive. XX germline makes only sperm at 25C; XX germline makes oocytes and excess sperm at 15C. Do not distribute this strain; other labs should request it from the CGC. This strain cannot be distributed to commercial organizations. This strain cannot be used for any commercial purpose or for work on human subjects.

Null allele of csr-1 with GFP and 3xFLAG tags inserted into second exon of endgonenous csr-1 locus. tor67 would normally tag both long and short isoforms, but the mg660 allele introduces a stop codon into the first exon so the long isoform is not made and only tagged CSR-1B isoform is produced.

peIs1709 [gpc-1p::FLAG::pab-1::sl2::NLS::GFP + unc-122p::mCherry]. FLAG-tagged poly(A)-binding protein (PAB-1) can be used for mRNA tagging. Reference: Tomioka M, et al. Nat Commun. 2016 May 20;7:11645. PMID: 27198602

peIs1710 [glr-1p::FLAG::pab-1::sl2::NLS::GFP + unc-122p::mCherry]. FLAG-tagged poly(A)-binding protein (PAB-1) can be used for mRNA tagging. Reference: Tomioka M, et al. Nat Commun. 2016 May 20;7:11645. PMID: 27198602

peIs2113 [gcy-21p::mCaspase + tax-4p::NLS::YC2.60 + lin-44p::GFP]. Genetic ablation of ASG neurons by specific expression of caspase. tax-4p::YC2.60 facilitates calcium imaging. Reference: Jang MS, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Sep 10;116(37):18673-18683. PMID: 31455735

qjIs11 [glr-1p::SVNLS2::TagBFPsyn + ser-2(prom2)::SVNLS2::TagBFPsyn]. peIs3042 [eat-4p::svnls2::TagRFP675syn + lin-44p::GFP]. peIs2100 [H-20p::NLS4::mCherry]. qjIs14 [H20p::NLS::YC2.60]. Suitable for whole-brain calcium imaging. mCherry and YC2.60 expression in almost all head neurons. BFP and RFP are also expressed to annotate neurons. H20p is a pan-neuronal promoter expressed in almost all neurons, GLR glial cells, XXX hypodermal cells, pharyngeal gland cells and HMC cells. Reference: Toyoshima Y et al. BMC Biol. 2020 Mar 19;18(1):30. PMID: 32188430; Shioi G, et al. Genetics. 2001 Apr;157(4):1611-22. PMID: 11290717.

At 25C, heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, dead eggs and Dauers (which will give only dead eggs if they exit dauer). e1372 and it46 are both temperature sensitive.

Mesorhabditis okuensis wild isolate. Male-female strain: maintain by crossing. Typically very few males on plates (only 10%); might be necessary to transfer large chunks to the new plates to ensure enough males are transferred. This species displays a striking reproductive system (described in Grosmaire & al. Science 2019. doi: 10.1126/science.aau0099).

Pick GFP+ to maintain balanced stock. Heterozygotes are superficially wild-type GFP+ and segregate wild-type GFP+ (heterozygotes), arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP glh-4 glh-1 homozygotes (sterile; incompletely penetrant). NOTE (K. Bennett, 2012): KB4 strain is only 63% sterile at 20C and 92% sterile at 26C (Spike et al., Genetics 2008 178:1973). glh-1(ok439) is not a null allele.

ceIs56 [unc-129p::ctns-1::mCherry + nlp-21p::Venus + ttx-3p::RFP]; Maps to X: 9.0 +/ 3.0 m.u. Expresses the lysosomal membrane marker CTNS-1 in a subset of 9 DA/DB cholinergic motor neurons in the ventral cord, and NLP-21::Venus in the same neurons as a marker for soluble DCV cargo and to help identify the boundaries of the somas and axons when imaging lysosomes. Reference: Edwards SL, et al. Genetics. 2015 Sep;201(1):91-116. Edwards SL, et al. Genetics. 2015 Sep;201(1):117-41.

ceIs269 [unc-129p::tomm-20::Venus + unc-129p::mCherry + ttx-3p::RFP]; Integration in Chromosome I (near genetic position -3.20 or 1.14). The ttx-3 marker is quite faint in this strain especially in larvae. The tomm-20::Venus construct was injected at 0.5 ng/ ul in the strain used to make this integrant, so virtually all of the visible tomm-20::Venus signal s associated with mitochondria with essentially no background. The unc-129p::mCherry marker is expressed at a very low level that are detectable only with a sensitive camera (and often not by eye at 1000X). In strains lacking mitochondria in the dorsal cord, use the camera to focus on the mCherry in the dorsal cord, then acquire in the YFP channel.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, DpyUnc and Unc-4s which give only dead eggs. Maintain by picking WT. Strict maternal effect.

Heterozygotes are Unc and segregate Unc, Twitchers which give only dead eggs, and dead eggs. nT1 heterozygotes are shorter and slower than par-5 unc-22 homozygous worms. par-5 region is not well balanced by nT1: check to make sure that unc-22 homozygotes lay dead eggs. Strict maternal effect lethal.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, DpyUnc, and UncRol (which give only dead eggs). Maintain by picking WT. mel-11 is not strict. See also WBPaper00002726.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, DpyUnc and Unc-4s which give only dead eggs. Maintain by picking WT. Strict maternal effect.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, DpyUnc and Unc-4s which give only dead eggs. Maintain by picking WT.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, DpyUnc and Unc-4s which give only dead eggs. Maintain by picking WT. Not a strict maternal effect-rescued by male mating.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, DpyUnc and Unc-4s which give only dead eggs (it12 is temperature sensitive). Maintain by picking WT. Strict maternal effect.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, DpyUnc and Unc-4s which give only dead eggs. Maintain by picking WT. Strict maternal effect.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, DpyUnc and Unc-4s which give only dead eggs. Maintain by picking WT. Strict maternal effect.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, DpyUnc and Unc-4s which give only dead eggs. Maintain by picking WT. Strict maternal effect.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, DpyUnc and Unc-4s which give only dead eggs (0.5% leaky). Maintain by picking WT. Not a strict maternal effect.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, DpyUnc and Unc-4s which give only dead eggs. Maintain by picking WT. Not a strict maternal effect-rescued by male mating.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, DpyUnc and Unc-4s which give only dead eggs. Maintain by picking WT. Strict maternal effect.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, DpyUnc and Unc-4s which give only dead eggs. Maintain by picking WT. Not a strict maternal effect-rescued by male mating.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, DpyUnc and Unc-4s which give only dead eggs (approx .2% leaky). Maintain by picking WT.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, DpyUnc and Unc-4s which give only dead eggs. Maintain by picking WT. Not a strict maternal effect-rescued by male mating.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, Dpy Steriles, and Lon which give only dead eggs.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, paralyzed Unc, and Coilers which give only dead eggs (slightly leaky, but survivors are agametic). zu222 is a strict maternal effect embryonic lethal. Partitioning defect similar to that of par-3; fails to localize PAR-3 protein.

nuIs183 [unc-129p::nlp-21::Venus + myo-2p::GFP]. [NOTE: nuIs183 was previously described as carrying myo-2p::NLS::GFP.] Reference: Sieburth D, et al. Nat Neurosci. 2007 Jan;10(1):49-57.

nuIs190 [unc-129p::ins-22::Venus + myo-2p::NLS::GFP] X. Pick GFP+ to maintain. Not all animals express GFP. Array might be prone to silencing or not homozygous. [NOTE: nuIs190 was previously described as carrying myo-2p::GFP without an NLS.] Reference: Ch'ng Q, Sieburth D, Kaplan JM. PLoS Genet. 2008 Nov;4(11):e1000283.

Unc-13 phenotype. Segregates Uncs and lethal DpyUncs (h842 arrests as a sterile adult, and the unlinked mutation results in a tumorous gonad phenotype). Maintain by picking Unc-13 and checking for correct segregation of progeny.

Wild-type to mildly long phenotype, sometimes a bit Unc. Segregates wild-type, Dpy-18 (hT2[dpy-18 bli-4] homozygotes), hDf10 dpy-5 unc-29 homozygotes (probably dead eggs) and large numbers of aneuploids (dead eggs). dpy-18(h662) completely suppresses bli-4(e937), is only very mildly Dpy, and has a distinctive dark body and large clear vulval region as a young adult, before becoming gravid. Do not passage: hT2 homozygotes seem somewhat healthier than the het, and will overgrow the plate. Pick longish wild-types and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. This strain was generated by the Genetic Toolkit project, which should be acknowledged in any publications resulting from its use: The Genetic Toolkit is funded by the NIH National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) (USA) to Ann M. Rose, David L. Baillie, and Donald L. Riddle. Report all experimental results to Ann Rose.

kasIs7 [snb-1p::C9 ubi + myo-2::GFP]. The transgene drives expression of 75 GGGGCC repeats under the control of snb-1 promoter. The repeats are flanked with human C9orf72 intronic sequences. Reference: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34654821/

kasIs9 [snb-1p::(delta)C9 ubi + myo-2::GFP]. The transgene has the snb-1 promoter followed by nanoluciferase sequence and unc-54 3'UTR. Reference: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34654821/

ckSi17 [cdk-12::GFP::mex-5 3'UTR + unc-119(+)] I. GFP is expressed in all somatic nuclei; expressed in germline only at end of oogenesis. Reference: Bowman EA, et al. Development. (In Press).

ckSi20 [cdk-9::mCherry::mex-5 3'UTR + unc-119(+)] II. mCherry is expressed in all somatic nuclei; expressed in germline only at end of oogenesis. Reference: Bowman EA, et al. Development. (In Press).

ckSi21 [cdk-9::GFP::pal-1 3'UTR + unc-119(+)] II. GFP is expressed in all somatic nuclei; expressed in germline only at end of oogenesis. Reference: Bowman EA, et al. Development. (In Press).

ckSi21 [cdk-9::mCherry::pal-1 3'UTR + unc-119(+)] II. mCherry is expressed in all somatic nuclei; expressed in germline only at end of oogenesis. hT2 segregates WT green-glowing heterozygotes and non-GFP cdk-9 homozygotes (normally arrest as L1-L2 larvae; cdk-9 homozygotes carrying ckSi21 (GFP- mCherry+) are viable but sterile. qIs48 is an insertion of ccEx9747 (carries myo-2::GFP, pes-10::GFP, and a gut enhancer fused to GFP) onto the hT2 chromosome and is homozygous lethal. Reference: Bowman EA, et al. Development. (In Press).

ckSi26 [cdk-12::GFP::pal-1 3'UTR + unc-119(+)] I. GFP is expressed in all somatic nuclei; expressed in germline only at end of oogenesis. Reference: Bowman EA, et al. Development. (In Press).

qIs26 [lag-2::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. ckSi26 [cdk-12::GFP::pal-1 3'UTR + unc-119(+)] I. GFP is expressed in all somatic nuclei; expressed in germline only at end of oogenesis. Throws heterozygous Rollers, tm3846 homozygotes (Emb), and tm3846 homozygotes (arrest as L1-L2 larvae). qIs26 was integrated into qC1 and in the process made qC1 homozygous lethal. The distal tip cells are GFP+. qIs26 is an integration of qEx233. Reference: Bowman EA, et al. Development. (In Press).

bcIs39 [lim-7p::ced-1::GFP and lin-15(+)] V.  Temperature-sensitive germ cell apoptosis leading to infertility at 25 C. Apoptosing germ cells are decorated by CED-1::GFP in the gonad. Loss of p170 form of IFG-1 (but not p130 IFG-1) confirmed by Western blot. Escaping eggs are fertilized and embryonic lethal. Mos-1 transposon insertion previously described as ifg-1::mos-1(cxP9279) II; confirmed by triple primer PCR with 5’-ACCAAACTGGGCAAACAAAG-3’, 5’-GCTCAATTCGCGCCAAACTATG-3’, and 5’-CTTCCTGAAATTTGGTTTAACAGT-3’. Homozygous ifg-1::mos yields only 444 bp product. Outcrossed heterozygotes yield both 353 bp (wild type ifg-1) and 444 bp products.

bcIs39 [lim-7p::ced-1::GFP and lin-15(+)] V.  Resistant to germ cell apoptosis. No apoptosing germ cells are decorated by CED-1::GFP in the gonad. ced-3 deletion confirmed by genomic triple primer PCR with 5’-AGTTCACCGTGACAGCGTCTCTTC-3’, 5’-CGATTACGACTTGAACTGTATCCGA-3’, and 5’-TCTTGTGTAAACGAGATTTGCAATG-3’. Homozygous ced-3(n2452) yields only 1,110 bp product. Outcrossed heterozygotes yield both 1,411 bp (wild type ced-3) and 1,110 bp products. [NOTE: (11-05-2019) A user has reported this strain exhibits temperature-sensitive sterility when raised at 25C.]

ldrIs1 [dhs-3p::dhs-3::GFP + unc-76(+)]. dhs-3::GFP is expressed mainly in intestinal cells and localized to intestinal lipid droplets. Reference: Zhang P, et al. Mol Cell Proteomics. 2012 Aug;11(8):317-28.

cp13[nmy-2::gfp + LoxP] I. GFP inserted into the endogenous nmy-2 gene by Cas9-triggered homologous recombination. Green fluorescence in many tissues, especially the germline. Fluorescence is similar to, but brighter than, the nmy-2::GFP transgene zuIs45. Reference: Dickinson DJ, et al. 2013 Nature Methods Advance Online Publication. DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.2641.

cpSi171 [vha-8p::TIR1::F2A::mTagBFP2::AID*::NLS::tbb-2 3'UTR] (I:-5.32). Expression of TIR1 co-factor for AID, and tissue-specific AID-tagged blue protein in multiple tissues including intestine, hypodermis, and excretory cell.