"We then scored the extent of ALA axon migration and found that the
ceh-10(rf) animals showed a
ceh-17-like truncation of the ALA axons, albeit less severe (Fig 6B,C). While the
ceh-17(lf) axon migration phenotype is similar when scored in either L1 or L2 stage animals, we found that a greater fraction of
ceh-10(rf) ALA axons reach the tail by the L2 stage than at L1. This was surprising, as wild-type ALA axons complete their migration before hatching (Pujol et_al, 2000). To determine if the postembryonic ALA axon migration seen in
ceh-10(rf) mutant animals might be dependent on CEH-17 activity, we examined ALA axon migration in
ceh-17(
np1);
ceh-10(
ct78) animals. We found the extent of axon migration to be similar between the L1 and the L2 stages, and more severe at each stage than in either single mutant (Fig 6C)."