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. 2012 Dec 1;2(12):1625–1641. doi: 10.1534/g3.112.004598

Table 4. Overview of C. briggsae egg-laying defective mutants.

Egl Penetrance (%)
Class Features Gene Alleles Mutation Non-Egl Semi-Egl Egl n
1 Wild-type vulva egl(bh2)a 2 bh2 0 69 31 103
egl(bh21) 1 bh21 0 41 59 120
egl(sy5395) 1 sy5395 6 32 62 244
2 Fewer Pn.p cells unc(sy5505) 1 sy5505 22 17 61 127
Cbr-unc-84 1 sy5506 56 21 23 100
3 Reduced VPC induction lin(bh7) 1 bh7 81 12 7 137
lin(bh14) 1 bh14 39 32 29 133
Cbr-lin-39 2 bh20 0 4 96 140
bh23 0 0 100 41
4 Abnormal vulval invagination Cbr-lin-11 2 sy5336 0 0 100 100
sy5368 0 0 100 100
lin(bh13)# 2 bh13 1 1 98 102
lin(bh26) 1 bh26 0 0 100 100
lin(bh25) 1 bh25 1 23 76 105
lin(sy5425) 1 sy5425 36 25 39 104
Unclassified lin(sy5212) sy5212 0 0 100 49
lin(sy5426) sy5426 0 0 100 29

Egl, animals did not lay eggs at all; n: number of animals scored; Non-Egl, animals continued to lay eggs throughout their reproductive life; Semi-Egl, animals laid eggs initially but became Egl afterward.

a

The phenotype of the other allele of this locus was not characterized in detail.