The Nematode Caenorhabditis Elegans

ablation abnormal adult hermaphrodite alleles amphid analysis antibodies behavior Biol blast cells Brenner Caenorhabditis briggsae Caenorhabditis elegans cell death cell lineage Chalfie Chapter chromosome classes cloned comm cuticle cytoplasm dauer larva defective dense bodies developmental distal tip cells division dorsal dumpy eggs embryo embryogenesis ES2 adult excretory fate fertile function genes genetic genome germ line germ-line gonad granules hermaphrodite Hodgkin homozygous hyp7 hypodermal cells hypodermis identified interactions interneurons intestine Kimble larval lethal male meiosis membrane migration molecular motor neurons muscle cells mutants myosin nematode nematode Caenorhabditis elegans nerve ring nervous system normal nuclei null null alleles oocytes pharynx phenotype pheromone postembryonic posterior processes progeny proteins recessive region sensilla sensory sequences somatic specific sperm spicules stage strains structure Sulston and Horvitz suppressed suppressor synapses tail thick filaments unpubl ventral cord vulva wild type wild-type X chromosome XX animals