The epg-1(bp417) mutation significantly enhanced the reduced YFP-2xFYVE labeling (marking the presence of phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate) of cell corpses in piki-1(ok2346) mutants
In wild-type embryos, the germline-specific P granule component PGL-1 is exclusively restricted to germ blastomeres. PGL-1 granules were ectopically detected in somatic cells before the ~200-cell stage in atg-16.1 and atg- 16.2 single mutants.