. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 15.

Published in final edited form as: Dev Biol. 2009 May 8;331(2):350–360. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.05.538

Table 1.

M lineage phenotypes of C. elegans Pax-Six-Eya-Dac mutants

Gene family	Genotype	Number of Embryonic CCs	Number of M-derived CCs
	wild-type	4 (n>200)	2 (n>200)

	ceh-34(RNAi-P)	4 (n>200)	0 (98.3%); 2 (1.7%) (n=362)
Six1/2	ceh-34(RNAi-E)	11.3% with 1^st pair missing 16.7% with 2^nd pair missing 14.1% with both pairs missing (n=538)	0 (98.6%) 1-2 (1.4%) (n=425)
	ceh-33(RNAi-P)	4 (n>200)	2 (n>200)
Six3/6	ceh-32(RNAi-P)	4 (n>200)	2 (n>200)
Six4/5	ceh-35/unc-39 (RNAi-P)	4 (n>200)	2 (n>200)

Eyes absent	eya-1(ok654)	9.5% with 1^st or 2^nd pair missing 87.7% with both pairs missing (n=203)	0 (84.7%);1 (1.0%); 2 (14.3%) (n=203)

Pax1/9	pax-1(RNAi-P)	4 (n>200)	2 (n>200)
Pax2/5/8	pax-2(RNAi-P)	4 (n>200)	2 (n>200)
	egl-38(RNAi-P)	4 (n>200)	2 (n>200)
	egl-38(n578)	4 (n>200)	2 (n>200)
Pax3	pax-3(RNAi-P)	4 (n>200)	2 (n>200)
Pax6	vab-3(RNAi-P)	4 (n>200)	2 (n>200)

Dachshund	dac-1(gk211)	4 (n>200)	2 (n>200)
Dachshund	dac-1(gk213)	4 (n>200)	2 (n>200)

RNAi-P: RNAi was administered to synchronized L1 larvae via feeding throughout post-embryonic development.

RNAi-E: RNAi via injection into the gonads of gravid adults whose progeny were scored for phenotypes.