- high pH avoidance defective
Animals fail to avoid a high pH (alkaline) environment as compared to control animals. This is at very high pH, for example around pH11.
- thermophilic
Animals tend to track and stay within high temperature environments.
- high oxygen hypersensitive
Animals respond to hyperoxic (high oxygen tension) conditions after a shorter exposure time compared to control.
- high oxygen resistant
Animals fail to respond to the high concentrations of oxygen that elicit a response in control animals.
- osmotic avoidance defective
Failure to execute the characteristic avoidance response to solutions of high osmotic strength as defined by control animals.
- dwelling variant
Animals exhibit variations in the low-speed/high turning movement that restricts them to a confined region compared to control.
- carbon dioxide avoidance variant
Variations in the characteristic movement away from specific CO2 levels compared to control. C. elegans avoids high levels of CO2.