- male sterile
X0 animals fail to generate viable cross-progeny.
- excess intestinal cells
Animals contain an excess number of intestinal cells compared to control. In C. elegans, intestinal cells are derived from E-blastomere. The overproduction of intestinal tissues is a result of other blastomeres adopting an E-like fate or excess cell proliferation in the E lineage.
- E lineage variant
The descendants of the E blastomere exhibit altered developmental programs compared to their counterparts in control animals.
- no Intestine
Embryos fail to generate cells that exhibit intestinal specification. In C. elegans, the E blastomere is the precursor of all the intestinal cells.
- organism hypersensitive interstrand cross link agents
Animals exhibit increased sensitivity to interstrand cross-linking agents, such as HN2 (nitrogen mustard) and CDDP (cisplatin) compared to control. In C. elegans, increased sensitivity to these agents is often observed as a decrease in survival compared to control animals after exposure to the agent.