- food absorption rate variant
Animals exhibit variations in the rate at which food is absorbed by the intestine, as determined by a time-course recording of fat staining (by C1-BODIPY-C12, for example) normalized to controls
- systemic RNAi variant
Animals are defective for RNAi introduced by environmental means such as in the cases of RNAi triggered by soaking or feeding.
- energy expenditure variant
Variations in the amount of energy consumed by an organism compared to control. Energy expenditure is often determined by assaying oxygen consumption.
- AWA odorant chemotaxis defective
In C. elegans, this is characterized by the failure to move towards typically attractive volatile organic molecules sensed by the AWA compared to control.
- AWC odorant chemotaxis defective
In C. elegans, this is characterized by the failure to move towards typically attractive volatile organic molecules sensed by the AWC compared to control.
- cell growth variant
Variations in the process(es) by which a cell irreversibly increases in size over time by accretion and biosynthetic production of matter compared to control.
- odorant positive chemotaxis variant
Movement towards typically attractive volatile organic chemicals is altered as defined by control animals. In C. elegans, these odorants are typically sensed by the AWA and AWC neurons.