cell fate transformation to body wall muscle

Animals develop body wall muscle from precursor cells that do not normally produce body wall muscle.

body muscle dystrophy

Progressive degeneration of muscle along the body wall.

SM migration variant

Variations in the movement of sex myoblasts compared to control animals. In C. elegans, the larval SM migrate anteriorly to the precise center of the developing hermaphrodite gonad.

hypercontracted

Excessive and often uncoordinated body wall muscle contraction leading to shortening of the body.

body wall muscle morphology variant

Any variation in the morphological appearance of the body wall muscle compared to control animals.

fewer body wall muscles

Any variation that results in a fewer than control number of body wall muscle cells.

ectopic body wall muscle

Animals exhibit one or more body wall muscle cells in locations not normally found in controls.

body wall muscle relaxation defective

Animals fail to relax their body wall muscles to the same extent as muscles in control animals.

anterior body contraction variant

Any variation in the defecation motor program that involves the contraction of the anterior body wall muscles compared to control.

retarded seam cell fusion

Seam cells fuse to form a continuous syncytium along the body wall at a later stage of development compared to control.