mfIs42 [Cel-sid-2(+) + Cel-myo-2::dsRed]. Maintain at 15C. Feminization is partially-penetrant at 15C; most hermaphrodites are somewhat self-fertile and can lay small broods. Can be maintained by crossing with male siblings. Feminized C. briggsae strain made susceptible to RNAi knock-down by feeding dsRNA due to the transgenic expression of C. elegans SID-2. Generated by crossing parental strains JU1018 with RE665. Reference: Booth LN, eLife 2019 Jul 8;8:e46418. PMID: 31282863.

asEx83 [spe-19(+) + myo-3p::GFP]. Pick GFP+ to maintain. asEx83 contains 7.3kb genomic fragment including spe-19 (Y113G7A.10) and 850bp of upstream sequence. Transgene rescues spe-19(eb52) sperm activation defect. GFP+ hermaphrodites are fertile. non-GFP hermaphrodites are sterile. All males are fertile.

Him. Temperature-sensitive sterile. Small brood size even at permissive temperatures; pick fertile animals and maintain at 15C. Worms lacking spe-45 function produce morphologically normal and motile sperm that cannot fuse with oocytes despite direct contact in the reproductive tract. spe-45 hermaphrodites and males are subfertile at 16C and sterile at 25C. Reference: Singaravelu G, et al. Current Biology 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.10.055

asEx95 [T22B11.1(genomic) + myo-3p::GFP]. Pick GFP+ animals to maintain. as39 is a non-conditional allele of spe-51. Mutant hermaphrodites and males are severely subfertile due to a sperm defect. The extrachromosomal array asEx95 effectively rescues the fertility defect. Him. Reference: Mei X, et al. Curr Biol. 2023 Jul 3;S0960-9822(23)00780-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.06.029. PMID: 37453427.

aeaIs8 [ift-20p::GCaMP6s::3xNLS + lin-15(+)]. hpIs728 [gpc-1p::wCherry + lin-15(+)]. Unc. Nuclear-localized GCaMP6s expressed in ciliated sensory neurons. Cytoplasmic wCherry expression in a subset of neurons. Derived by crossing EG9631 (unc-13) hermaphrodites with ZM10104 (aeaIs8; hpIs728) heterozygous males. Reference: Lin A, et al. bioRxiv 2022.05.27.493772; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.27.493772.

Isolated in Memorial Park in Madison, WI. No hermaphrodites. Lots of SDS resistant dauers. Can survive between 15-28C, but grows very slowly at 15C.

Self-sterile hermaphrodites; fertile males. Mated hermaphrodites produce self and outcross progeny. Self progeny are 33% males.

Deletion allele of M04C9.5 (mak-kinase). No visible phenotype in hermaphrodites. Primers HES 186/187 outer and HES 188/189 inner.

Deletion allele of F43G6.6. No obvious phenotype in hermaphrodites. HES primers 162/163 outer and 164/165 inner.

Deletion allele of F09C12.2. No obvious phenotype in hermaphrodites. HES primers 122/123 outer and HES 124/125 inner.

No visible phenotype in hermaphrodites. Deletion allele of C56A3.7.

No visible phenotype in hermaphrodites. Primes HES 146/146 and HES 148/149.

Y32F6A.2 No visible phenotype in hermaphrodites. Primers: outer HES 22/228 and inner HES 229/230.

Maintain by mating. Hermaphrodites produce nonfunctional sperm and are fertilization defective. Self-fertility is <1% at 16C or 25C. Males are fertile.

Male-hermaphrodite mating strain. Males are fertile, hermaphrodites are sterile.

Hermaphrodites produce nonfunctional, nonmotile sperm with uniformly aberrant pseudopods. Male sperm normal. Self-fertility is <1% at 16C or 25C. Maintain by mating.

Male-hermaphrodite mating strain. Males are fertile, hermaphrodites are sterile.

Temperature-sensitive. Maintain at 15C. Fertile at 15C. Partially fertile at 20C. Sterile at 25C. Spermatogenesis arrests at the spermatocyte stage. Increase lifespan in males and hermaphrodites.

Male-hermaphrodite mating strain. Males are fertile, hermaphrodites are sterile.

Male/hermaphrodite mating strain. Hermaphrodites self-sterile at all temps, males fertile. Spermatids activate "normally" in TEA. In pronase they produce spikes but never form pseudopods. Similar to spe-12 and spe-8.

Temperature sensitive Dpy. Male/hermaphrodite mating strain. Hermaphrodites self-sterile at all temps; males fertile. Spermatids arrest with spikes in pronase; form normal pseudopods in TEA.

Male/hermaphrodite mating strain. Hermaphrodites self-sterile at all temps; males fertile.

Homozygous male/hermaphrodite line. Males are fertile. Hermaphrodites are sterile, but slightly leaky producing a few progeny (at 25C - ts not tested). In pronase, spermatids from males activate to form many long spikes, terminating at this stage. A very few (1-3 per worm) activate to form normal-looking, motile spermatozoons.

Hermaphrodites are sterile; Males are fertile. Hermaphrodites lay oocytes (produce a few fertile eggs and many oocytes). Produce viable progeny when mated to males. Hermaphrodites produce 10X more self progeny at 20C (2.5/herm) than at either 16C or 25C.

Temperature sensitive spe-27 allele. Hermaphrodites are sterile at 25C but produce 30-40 progeny/hermaphrodite at 16C. Males are fertile.

Temperature sensitive spe-27 allele. Hermaphrodites sterile at 25C; hermaphrodites produce 30-40 progeny/hermaphrodite at 16C. Males cannot mate due to the unc-22 mutation. Maintain at 15C.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, Unc-36 and dead eggs. Maintain by picking WT. Original isolation: BO strain BC1261 unc-22(s727) hermaphrodite heat shocked for 1 hour at 34C. Crossed to N2 strain BC1270 unc-22(s7) unc-31(e169)/nT1 IV; +/nT1 V. Picked individual WT hermaphrodites. Screened for the absence of gravid Unc-22. Retained strain as BC1379. Balanced over eT1: BC1379 unc-22(s727)[BO]/nT1[N2] IV; sDf31[BO]/nT1[N2] hermaphrodite crossed to BC 1265 dpy-18(e364)/eT1 III; unc-46(e177)/eT1 V. Pick WT hermaphrodites that twitch in 1% nicotine. Retained one strain that segregated Unc-36 as BC1428. Pseudolinked sDf31 to dpy-18: BC1428 +/eT1 III; sDf31[BO]/eT1 V crossed to BC 1265 dpy-18/eT1 III; unc-46/eT1 V male. Picked WT hermaphrodite F1. From strains segregating Unc-36 but no Dpy or Unc-46 or DpyUnc-46, cross WT hermaphrodites to BC1265 males. From strains producing Dpy, crossed individual WT males to BC70 eT1;eT1. From each cross, crossed WT X WT. Kept one strain producing on Dpy or DpyUncs as S-H716 male. Picked one hermaphrodite to start BC1519. Comments: 1) The LGV region balanced by eT1 should be all BO. 2) Probably the rest of the genome still has a considerable amount from BO since it was crossed to N2 only 4 times. 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 David Baillie.

hyEx167 [4.5kb aff-1p::GFP transcriptional fusion + rol-6(su1006)]. Shows cytoplasmic GFP expression in embryonic hyp5. In L1 hermaphrodite larva, aff-1::GFP is expressed in pharyngeal muscle 3 and 5, in sheath cells of chemosensory neurons, and in tail neurons. In L3 hermaphrodites, the transgene is expressed in the anchor cell; this expression proceeds in L4 along with expression in the utse cells, the seam cells and cells of vulval rings A and D. In adults, aff-1::GFP is expressed in the sheath cells of chemosensory neurons and in head interneurons, uterus toroids 2 and 4, in the vulva VulD, utse, and seam cells. Worms of hyEx167 are slightly Egl. Maintain by picking Rollers.

Temperature sensitive. Cell fusion-defective embryos, larvae and adults at 25C. Cell fusion defects are less penetrant at 15C. Egl, Unv, Pvl, Dpy and 2% Muv at 20C and 25C. Mutants have body morphological defects and bulged tails at all temperatures, male tails are leptoderan. Partial sterility of hermaphrodites: brood size is 48 at 25C. sd-4%. ME=0. ES=3. OA-1 (oj55: complete embryonic and partial post-embryonic epithelial fusion failure). Cloned: encodes a type-I membrane glycoprotein with a single TM domain.

jcIs1 [ajm-1::GFP + unc-29(+) + rol-6(su1006)] IV. Temperature sensitive. Cell fusion-defective embryos, larvae and adults at 25C. Cell fusion defects are less penetrant at 15C. Egl, Unv, Pvl, Dpy and 2% Muv at 20C and 25C. Mutants have body morphological defects and bulged tails at all temperature, male tails are leptoderan. Partial sterility of hermaphrodites: brood size is 48 at 25C. ME=0. Cloned: ORF C26D10.5 encodes a type-I membrane glycoprotein with a single TM domain. ajm-1 was formerly known as jam-1 (Junction Associated Protein) and "the gene encoding the antigen recognized by the monoclonal antibody MH27." jcIs1 consists of pJS191, C45D3 and pRF4. Reference: Mohler WA, et al. Curr Biol. 1998 Sep 24;8(19):1087-90.

Strain gives WT hermaphrodites and dead eggs.

Wild type hermaphrodites and males which produce WT, Dpy, Unc and DpyUnc progeny due to mating or loss of the duplication. Pick WT hermaphrodites and males to maintain.

WT hermaphrodites that segregate WT, Dpy Steriles and Nob larvae. The Nob phenotype results in 100% lethality. Maintain by picking WT.

C. briggsae strain. Hermaphrodites are variably self-sterile, which is overcome by mating to males of the same genotype. From BC1991.

XX animals are WT. XO animals are fertile hermaphrodites.

WT appearance. XO fertile hermaphrodites. Temperature sensitive.

Heterozygotes are wild-type, and segregate wild-type heterozygotes, fertile wild-type males (tra-1 homozygotes), and Dpy. Can recombine: pick individual WT hermaphrodites and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, DpyUnc and males. Maintain by picking WT hermaphrodites.

Maternal effect tra-3. Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT and Dpy. Homozygous tra-3 animals are WT hermaphrodites which segregate abnormal sterile males or intersex.

Pick Unc hermaphrodite to maintain (these will be tra-1/+; unc-42 him-5 dpy-21 XO animals). Segregates Unc hermaphrodites (tra-1/+ III), Unc males (+/+ III), and DpyUnc hermaphrodites (+/+ III). dpy-21 not expressed in XO. dpy-21(e428) V; XX animals are weak Dpy. dpy-21(e428) V; XO animals are non-Dpy.

Hermaphrodites are nearly WT. Vulva slightly swollen. Males have abnormal swollen bursae. M-MATING++ 1-10%WT.

Selfed hermaphrodites produce 5% males and 2% XXX hermaphrodites (percent of viable progeny), and 30% unhatched eggs (percent of total progeny).

Hermaphrodites are Dpy and Him. Males are non-Dpy and Mab. Males have abnormal bursa and defective rays. Both sexes show lateral hypodermis lineage defexts. M-MATING+POOR <1%WT.

Hermaphrodites are Dpy. Males are non-Dpy and have abnormal bursae in adult, with swollen rays. Males will mate, but with very low efficiency. [3/98: King Chow isolated a line from the CGC stock that was throwing 100% Mabs. Sent the strain back to the CGC to replace the old stock.]

Hermaphrodites are Dpy and segregate males. Males are non-Dpy and Mab. Both sexes show lineage alterations.

Hermaphrodites are Dpy and segregates males. Males are non-Dpy and have severe tail abnormalities; frequently lethal to adult males.

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.

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

Temperature sensitive Fem. Hermaphrodites at 15C, female at 25C. Maintain at 15C.

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.