M-MATING+POOR <1%WT. Adult blistered, especially head.

umnIs60 [myo-2p::mKate2 + NeoR, III: 9421936 (intergenic)] I. Homozygous-viable translocation marked with bli-4 and mKate2. Derived by insertion of myo-2p::mKate2 transgene into hT2 balancer in parental strain KR1234 using CRISPR/Cas9.

Blistered. Grinder cannot come to full forward position. Protruding spicules in males; males don't mate. adDf538 previously called phm-2(ad538).

Blistered. Dpy (ts).

UncBli Strain. Blisters late.

BliUnc. Blister seen in old adults.

umnIs5 [eft-3p::NLS::tdTomato + HygroR, III:~5753000 (intergenic)] I. Homozygous-viable translocation marked with bli-4 and tdTomato. tdTomato is expressed at low levels, and might be difficult to see in heterozygotes. Derived by insertion of tdTomato transgene into parental strain KR1234 using CRISPR/Cas9.

umnIs14 [myo-2p::GFP + NeoR, III:9421936 (intergenic)] I. Homozygous viable. Derived by insertion of myo-2p::GFP transgene into hT2 balancer in parental strain KR1234 using CRISPR/Cas9.

umnIs36 [myo-2p::mKate2 + NeoR, I: 6284001 (intergenic)] III. Homozygous-viable translocation marked with bli-4 and mKate2. Derived by insertion of myo-2p::mKate2 transgene into hT2 balancer in parental strain KR1234 using CRISPR/Cas9.

umnIs38 [myo-2p::GFP + NeoR, I: 6284001 (intergenic)] III. Homozygous-viable translocation marked with bli-4 and GFP. Derived by insertion of myo-2p::GFP transgene into hT2 balancer in parental strain KR1234 using CRISPR/Cas9.

F30A10.6. Homozygous lethal deletion chromosome balanced by bli-4- and GFP-marked translocation. Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP ok1602 homozygotes (mid-larval arrest). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. External left primer: GTAATGGCTCCTTGCTCAGG. External right primer: CCGAACCGCAAGTTGTTTAT. Internal left primer: GTCACAGCTAATGGGAGCGT. Internal right primer: AACTCAACAGGATCCCTCCA. Internal WT amplicon: 3044 bp. Deletion size: 745 bp. Deletion left flank: CTTGTAAATCAAAAAGGAAGAGAGAAAAAA. Deletion right flank: CTACGGAAAACACTTTTTTACTACCTTATC. 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

Heterozygotes are semi-Dpy and segregate more semi-Dpy, Dpy(ts)Bli(late) and early larval lethals. Pick semi-Dpy to maintain. (Some reports indicate that sDf4 is not transferred through sperm.) 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.

Homozygous lethal deletion balanced by bli-4- and GFP-marked translocation. Heterozygotes are wild-type with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate wild-type GFP heterozygotes, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP tn1762 homozygotes (dead embryos and L1 larvae). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick wild-type GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. tn1762 is a ~9.2 kb deletion within fasn-1, including Exon 2 thru to 57 nt preceding stop codon. Reference: Starich TA, et al. eLife 2020;9:e58619 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.58619 PMID: 32735213

Heterozygotes are wild-type with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate wild-type GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP luc161 homozygotes (embryonic lethal). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick wild-type GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. vha-1(luc161) is a 454 bp deletion removing most of the coding sequence. Reference: Gutie?rrez-Pérez, P. et al. A deeply conserved miR-1 dependent regulon supports muscle cell physiology. bioRxiv, 2020, doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.31.275644.

C07A9.6. Homozygous lethal deletion chromosome balanced by bli-4- and GFP-marked translocation. Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP ok3248 homozygotes (probable early larval arrest). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. External left primer: GAAGGTTTCGGACTTGTTGC. External right primer: CGCATCCACTTTCTTCAGGT. Internal left primer: CTGAGAGCATCGCGGATAGT. Internal right primer: TGACGCGTCTAGCTCAATTTT. Internal WT amplicon: 1354 bp. Deletion size: 525 bp. Deletion left flank: TATAGCCTCCATGTGCAATCATTAATTTCA. Deletion right flank: AACCTCGATAGAACAAATTCTCGTCAACGA. 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

C25A1.10. Heterozygotes are WT, and segregate WT, arrested hT2 aneuploid progeny, Bli hT2 homozygotes, and homozygous ok542 hermaphrodites (arrest stage/phenotype undetermined). The bli-4 mutation does not express until the adult, and is sometimes extremely subtle. Pick WT hermaphrodites and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. 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

aph-2. Apparent homozygous lethal deletion chromosome balanced by bli-4- and GFP-marked translocation. Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP ok2950 homozygotes (arrest stage not determined). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. External left primer: TGGAAGTGGAGATAGGTGGG. External right primer: TGTTTCAGAACAGCGACCTG. Internal left primer: ATTCCGAGTGTCGTTTTTCG. Internal right primer: CCATTTAAAGGCGCAAACAT. Internal WT amplicon: 1456 bp. Deletion size: 426 bp. Left flanking sequence: AAAGAAACATTGAATGTGAAAAGTGAAAAG. Right flanking sequence: GAGTTTCGCATTAAAGAAAACTAGATTTTG. 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

T22A3.8. Homozygous lethal deletion balanced with bli-4-marked balancer. Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, Bli-4 hT2 homozygotes, hT2 aneuploids (arrested embryos), and ok2030 homozygotes (arrest stage/phenotype undetermined). hT2 homozygotes do not blister until the adult, and may be very difficult to tell from WT. Pick WT and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. External left primer: GGAGGTCGTAGATGCGAGAG. External right primer: TTCTCAACTCCGATCGCTTT. Internal left primer: TATCGGCTTCCAATCCTTTG. Internal right primer: GCTTTCGGGTAAGTGTGAGC. Internal WT amplicon: 3097 bp. Deletion size: 1499 bp. Deletion left flank: GTAAACCAGGACACGTCGGAAATCCATCTC. Deletion right flank: TGGTTCCAATATGAACCGAAAAATTTACTG. 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

T19B4.2. Heterozygotes are WT, and segregate WT, arrested hT2 aneuploid progeny, Bli hT2 homozygotes, and homozygous ok601 hermaphrodites (arrest stage/phenotype undetermined). The bli-4 mutation does not express until the adult, and is sometimes extremely subtle. Pick WT hermaphrodites and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. 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

F20G4.3. Heterozygotes are WT, and segregate WT, arrested hT2 aneuploid progeny, Bli hT2 homozygotes, and homozygous ok499 hermaphrodites (arrest stage/phenotype undetermined). The bli-4 mutation does not express until the adult, and is sometimes extremely subtle. Pick WT hermaphrodites and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. 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

qIs76 [tra-1::GFP::beta-GAL + rol-6(su1006)]. Rollers express TRA-1::GFP in Z1/Z4, intestine, etc. qIs76 homozygotes are lethal. Heterozygotes are Rol GFP+ (pharynx). Pick Rollers with GFP+ pharynx to maintain. Reference: Chang W., et al. Development. 2004 Mar;131(6):1425-36.

Segregates WT GFP+ heterozygotes, non-GFP sterile gld-1 homozygotes, very rare GFP+ homozygous hT2, and dead eggs. Maintain by picking wild-type GFP+. 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.

Sterile. Gonad & rachis defects. Grow at 20 C.

Blistered Uncs.

Homozygous lethal deletion chromosome balanced by hT2. GFP+ heterozygotes are wild-type that segregate wild-type GFP+, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP tm3309 homozygotes. tm3309 homozygotes are maternal effect lethal (late embryo & larval lethal) and have gonadogenesis defects. Previously known as swsn-2.1(tm3309). Pick wild-type GFP+ animals to maintain. Reference: Large EE and Mathies LD (2014 Jan 8). G3, doi: 10.1534/g3.113.009852.

T17E9.1a. Homozygous lethal deletion balanced with bli-4-marked balancer. Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, Bli-4 hT2 homozygotes, hT2 aneuploids (arrested embryos), and ok395 homozygotes (arrest stage/phenotype undetermined). hT2 homozygotes do not blister until the adult, and may be very difficult to tell from WT. Pick WT and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. 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

Homozygous lethal deletion balanced by bli-4- and GFP-marked translocation. Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP+, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP tm2429 homozygotes (embryonic lethal). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP+ and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Reference: Jaramillo-Lambert A, et al. G3 (2015).

Homozygous lethal deletion balanced by bli-4- and GFP-marked translocation. Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP+, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP tm1761 homozygotes (embryonic lethal). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP+ and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Reference: Jaramillo-Lambert A, et al. G3 (2015).

Homozygous sterile mutation balanced by bli-4- and GFP-marked translocation. Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP sterile tm2223 homozygotes. Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Reference: Furuta T, et al. Development. 2018 May 14;145(10). pii: dev161042. doi: 10.1242/dev.161042.

Heterozygotes are WT and GFP+. ok1954 homozygotes arrest as larvae. Pick GFP+ heterozygotes to maintain. qIs48 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 driving GFP in the intestine, and is homozygous lethal. Reference: Rodenas E, et al. Mol Biol Cell. 2012 Mar;23(5):930-44.

Homozygous lethal deletion chromosome balanced by bli-4- and GFP-marked translocation. Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP sterile homozygotes (produce only dead embryos). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Derived from strain XA3503. Reference: ima-2(ok256) is described in Askjaer et al., Mol Biol Cell. 2002 Dec;13(12):4355-70.

Homozygous sterile mutation balanced by bli-4- and GFP-marked translocation. Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP sterile oz273 homozygotes. Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain.

Heterozgyotes are WT and segregate WT, Dpys, and Ste or Mel. Pick wild-type individuals and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. bli-4 is suppressed by dpy-1 in hT2 homozygotes-only see a very few DpyBli.This strain cannot be distributed to commercial organizations. ep220 is likely Mel. 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 WT, GFP+ in the pharynx and segregate WT (GFP+ in the pharynx), dead eggs (homozygotes for hT2) and ham-3(he159) homozygotes, which are Sma, Egl, Adl, Pvl. Maintain by picking GFP+ worms and checking for correct segregation, since the hT2 balancer is lost at low frequencies. he159 allele was isolated by John Satterlee from a deletion library at Sander van den Heuvel's lab. Reference: Ertl I, et al. Genetics. 2016 Mar;202(3):961-75.

Heterozygotes are wild-type GFP+. Homozygotes (tm1791/tm1791) are 4% Him with 22% embryonic lethality. Maintain by picking GFP+. Reference: de Carvalho et al., Genes Dev 22, 2869-2885.

Homozygous lethal allele balanced by bli-4- and GFP-marked translocation. Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP cra-1(tm2144) homozygotes (99.7% embryonic lethality, 61% larval lethality, Him). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Reference: Smolikove S, et al. (2008) PLoS Genet 4(6):e1000088.

Homozygous lethal allele balanced by bli-4- and GFP-marked translocation. Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP syp-4(tm2713) homozygotes (viable but throw 97% dead eggs, 40% males). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Reference: Smolikove S, et al. (2009) PLoS Genet 5(10):e1000669.

Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP ad810 homozygotes. Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain.

Segregates WT GFP+ heterozygotes, non-GFP sacy-1(tm5503) sterile animals, very rare GFP+ homozygous hT2, and dead eggs. Maintain by picking wild-type GFP+. Reference: Kim S, et al. 2012 Genetics

Homozygous sterile allele balanced by bli-4- and GFP-marked translocation. Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP sterile homozygotes (inx-21(tn1540) homozygous animals are sterile, producing few germ cells). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Reference: Starich TA, Hall DH, Greenstein D. Genetics. 2014 Nov;198(3):1127-53.

Heterozygotes are WT, GFP+ in the pharynx and segregate WT (GFP+ in the pharynx), dead eggs (homozygotes for hT2) and hmgr-1(tm4386) homozygotes, which die as young larvae (L1/L2). Maintain by picking GFP+ worms and checking for correct segregation, since the hT2 balancer is lost at low frequencies. hmgr-1(tm4386) can be maintained as homozygous fertile hermaphrodites on 20 mM mevalonolactone. Reference: P. Ranji, M. Rauthan, C. Pitot and M. Pilon, 2014. PloS ONE 9(6): e100033.

Homozygous ok2424 animal are viable and fertile, but will go sterile in successive generations. Homozygous sterile deletion chromosome balanced by bli-4- and GFP-marked translocation. Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP ok2424 homozygotes (superficially wild-type with some sterility). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Maintain by picking GFP+ heterozygotes and checking for correct segregation of progeny to maintain a balanced stock. Derived from parental strain RB1874, originally provided to the CGC by the OMRF Knockout Group, part of the International C. elegans Gene Knockout Consortium. Paper_evidence WBPaper00041807

Homozygous sterile deletion balanced by bli-4- and GFP-marked translocation. Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP tm1514 homozygotes (sterile, tm1514 m+z- are larval lethal). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Reference: Csankovszki G, et al. (2009) Curr Biol 19(1):9-19.

Heterozgyotes are WT and segregate WT, Steriles and Dpys. The Steriles produce small, abnormal oocytes; some dead embryos are produced in late adulthood. bli-4 is suppressed by dpy-1 in hT2 homozygotes-only see a very few DpyBli. om58 previously called ego-6(om58).

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 produce 11/16 dead embryos due to aneuploidy from translocation segregation and lethal homozygous hT2. The homozygous or28 hermaphrodites produce all dead embryos with defective pharyngeal development. or28 is a G to D mis-sense mutation at amino acid position 123. Strain produces lots of males due to him-8(ec56).

Homozygous nearly sterile deletion chromosome balanced by bli-4- and GFP-marked translocation. Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP ef15 homozygotes (pale, nearly sterile, lays few eggs). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Reference: Schmid M, et al. Genes Dev. 2009 Apr 1;23(7):824-36.

Homozygous nearly sterile deletion chromosome balanced by bli-4- and GFP-marked translocation. Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP ef8 homozygotes (nearly sterile, lays few eggs). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Reference: Rybarska A, et al. PLoS Genet. 2009 May;5(5):e1000494.

Heterozygotes are WT and GFP+. tm1741 homozygotes are small and sterile. Pick GFP+ heterozygotes to maintain. qIs48 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 driving GFP in the intestine, and is homozygous lethal. Reference: Wehman AM, et al. Curr Biol. 2011 Dec 6;21(23):1951-9.