As in
hlh-16 mutants,
ttx-3 expression is lost in around 20% of the AIY lineages in
hlh-3 mutant embryos and larvae. In
hlh-3;
hlh-16 double mutants,
ttx-3 expression is lost in nearly all AIY lineages similarly to what is observed in
hlh-2 RNAi-treated animals, suggesting that
ttx-3 expression may be regulated by two partly redundant bHLH complexes HLH-2:HLH-3 and HLH-2:HLH-16.