zuIs45 [nmy-2p::nmy-2::GFP + unc-119(+)] V. Temperature-sensitive maternal-effect lethal. Maintain at 15C. NMY-2::GFP is expressed in the germline and somatic gonad. Cross of JJ1473 and EU822. Unknown if unc-119(ed3) is still present or homozygous in background. NOTE: this strain was originally described as heterozygous for lin-2(e1309), but lin-2 has been lost; this strain is now homozygous wild-type for lin-2. Reference: Small LE & Dawes AT. Mol Biol Cell. 2017 Aug 1;28(16):2220-2231.

Vulvaless. M-MATING++ 1-10%WT.

Strain is egg-laying defective. Homozygous mex-3(or20) is a non-conditional maternal effect lethal: worms fill up with dead eggs. Heterozygotes bag with 11/16 dead embryos and larvae. About 10% of worms can lay eggs and be mated into for outcrossing. The mex-3(or20) mutant embryos produce excess body wall muscle anteriorly.

or28 is a non-conditional maternal-effect embryonic lethal mutant ; the anterior pharynx is absent. and embryonic lethality is 100% penetrant. Pick single WT heterozygous hermaphrodites to maintain strain; these hets fill up with a mix of dead embryos and larvae [11/16 dead embryos due to aneuploidy from translocation segregation and lethal homozygous hT2; vulvaless due to homozygous lin-2(e1309) mutation; about 10% of lin-2(e1309) worms are leaky and lay eggs/can be mated into]. The homozygous or28 hermaphrodites fill up with dead embryos. The lin-2 background helps to score embryonic lethality for both heterozygotes and or28 homozygotes. or28 is a G to D mis-sense mutation at amino acid position 123.

or28 is a non-conditional maternal-effect embryonic lethal mutant ; the anterior pharynx is absent. and embryonic lethality is 100% penetrant. Pick single WT heterozygous hermaphrodites to maintain strain; these hets fill up with a mix of dead embryos and larvae [11/16 dead embryos due to aneuploidy from translocation segregation and lethal homozygous hT2; vulvaless due to homozygous lin-2(e1309) mutation; about 10% of lin-2(e1309) worms are leaky and lay eggs/can be mated into]. The homozygous or28 hermaphrodites fill up with dead embryos. The lin-2 background helps to score embryonic lethality for both heterozygotes and or28 homozygotes. Strain produces a lot of males due to him-8(ec56). or28 is a G to D mis-sense mutation at amino acid position 123.

Temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal. Maintain at 15C. Reference: O'Rourke SM, et al. PLoS One. 2011 Mar 1;6(3):e16644.

Temperature-sensitive. Maintain at 15C. Reference: Gonczy P, et al. Dev Cell. 2001 Sep;1(3):363-75.

Maintain at 15C. Temperature-sensitive embryonic-lethal at restrictive temperature of 26C. Viable embryos at permissive temperature of 15C. Mitotic spindle in one-cell stage embryo assembles normally, but microtubules destabilize at anaphase and spindle becomes mis-positioned toward the posterior pole leading to highly abnormal cleavage and chromosome segregation defects. References: Gonczy P, et al. Dev Cell. 2001 Sep;1(3):363-75. Bellanger JM, et al. J Cell Sci. 2007 Aug 15;120(Pt 16):2963-73.

Vulvaless. Segregates males.

Animals are DpyUncVul. Can mate at low frequency. N2 males X SP1377 fail to give male progeny. Weak unc-7 allele when not in lin-2 background.