Superficially wildtype. GFP tag inserted into endogenous daf-3 locus through CRISPR/Cas9 engineering. Reference: Aghayeva et al., submitted

Superficially wildtype. CRISPR/Cas9-engineered AID conditional daf-3 allele. Reference: Aghayeva et al., submitted

Dauer defective. Non-crowder. M-MATING++++ >30%WT.

F25E2.5 Homozygous. Outer Left Sequence: ctaattgccggaatcgaaaa. Outer Right Sequence: gacacttgatggccggttac. Inner Left Sequence: cgatttgctgaatttgtgga. Inner Right Sequence: gatctttcaacgaacctacgc. Inner Primer PCR Length: 1315. Estimated Deletion Size: about 300 bp. Attribution: This strain was provided by the C. elegans Gene Knockout Project at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, which was part of the International C. elegans Gene Knockout Consortium, which should be acknowledged in any publications resulting from its use. Paper_evidence WBPaper00041807

mgDf90 completely eliminates the daf-3 coding region.

ieSi57 [eft-3p::TIR1::mRuby + unc-119(+)] II. Maintain at 15C. Temperature-sensitive dauer constitutive. CRISPR/Cas9-engineered AID conditional daf-3 allele in daf-7(e1372) background with ubiquitous TIR1 expression. Reference: Aghayeva et al., submitted

cuIs5 [myo-2c::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Rollers. GFP+ in pharynx.

Dauer defective. Long.

Temperature sensitive Egl. Dauer defective.

Dauer defective. cuIs2 [myo-2c:: GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Rollers. [NOTE: this strain was originally described as carrying daf-3(mg90), which is an old name for daf-3(mgDf90).]

This strain is homozygous for a deletion (gk822) in ZK634.8, detectable by PCR using the following primers. External left primer: GCATCATTCTTTCAGTCGCA. External right primer: TGAGCTCGACGATGAATCAC. Internal left primer: CCACGTTTCGTCATTCCTCT. Internal right primer: GAGGATTCACCACCTCCTGA. Internal WT amplicon: 1922 bp. Deletion size: 1185 bp. Deletion left flank: GCTGCGGAGGTGGCGGAGGATGTGCTCCAC. Deletion right flank: AAACATATCAACGAAGATTACATTATTCAG. Validation: gk822 passed by CGH. Other deletion (gk3129) identified by CGH. 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

This strain is homozygous for a deletion (gk1056) in F47G4.6, detectable by PCR using the following primers. External left primer: CGCTTCTCCTGAGGTAGTGG. External right primer: GGACACTTCGAACCGGATTA. Internal left primer: ACGATGGATCGGTGTTTCTC. Internal right primer: AGCTGCCTAGCCTTCTCCTC. Internal WT amplicon: 1914 bp. Deletion size: 457 bp. Deletion left flank: TTAGCCTAAAAAATTTTTCCGAATTTTCTC. Deletion right flank: AGCTACCGTACTCATAAGCTACAGAGTGTA. Validation: gk1056 passed by diagnostic PCR and CGH. Other deletion (gk3330) identified by CGH. 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

ccIs55 [unc-54::lacZ + sup-7(st5)] V. Maintain at 15C. daf-4 is temperature-sensitive and dauer formation (not body size) phenotype is suppressed by daf-3. Dauers will form only when plates are crowded, starved, and maintained at 26C. Animals are small at 25C.

ujIs113 [pie-1p::mCherry::H2B::pie-1 3'UTR + nhr-2p::mCherry::his-24::let-858 3’UTR + unc-119(+)] II. mNeonGreen knockin at C-terminus of daf-3 locus. Cellular protein expression pattern during embryogenesis (until bean stage) is available at http://dulab.genetics.ac.cn/TF-atlas. Reference: Ma X, Zhao Z, Xiao L, et al. Nat Methods. 2021;18(8):893-902. doi:10.1038/s41592-021-01216-1.

SL2::mCherry::H2B was inserted at the 3' end of the endogenous daf-3 coding sequence via CRISPR/Cas9. Reference: Li Y, et al. Nat Commun. 2024 Jan 9;15(1):358. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-42677-6. PMID: 38195740.

Mig on low cholesterol. Single daf-c at 27C, weak Mig. Strong expression in intestine at all stages. Grow at 20C.

Engineered null mutations in predicted GPCR genes. Reference: Pu L, et al. Nat Commun. 2023 Dec 18;14(1):8410. PMID: 38110404.

stIs11523 [daf-3a::H1-wCherry + unc-119(+)].

Homozygous viable. Deletion of 2622 bp with Calarco/Colaiacovo selection cassette conferring myo-2::GFP and G418 resistance inserted at break. Left flanking sequence: GTCATTGGGAACATCACTGATTTATCCCCG; Right flanking sequence: TCTCTCTTTATCCGTTTTCAACATTTTGCA. Please reference Au et al., G3 9(1): 135-144 2019 in any work resulting from use of this mutation.