The connection between the intestine and pharynx narrowed, so bacteria could not pass through in worms 4 days post egg lay. Intestinal cells under go necrotic cell death and intestine degrades in worms 5 or 6 days post egg lay.
While wild-type animals, egl-47(dm) mutants, and abts-1 single mutants lay a low percentage of early-stage eggs, abts-1; egl-47(dm) double mutants lay over 60% of their eggs at an early developmental stage.
While wild-type animals, egl-47(dm) mutants, and abts-1 single mutants lay a low percentage of early-stage eggs, abts-1; egl-47(dm) double mutants lay over 60% of their eggs at an early developmental stage.