- accumulated somatic cell corpses
Animals exhibit an increase in the quantity of non-germ line cells that have undergone programmed cell death but have not been engulfed.
- somatic cell death variant
Animals exhibit variations in the programmed cell death pathway that is triggered in cells other than germ cells and that is not subject to upstream checkpoint regulation.
- somatic RNAi resistant
Animals show reduced susceptibility to gene silencing in somatic cells triggered by double stranded RNA (dsRNA), compared to control.
- small RNA somatic expression variant
Animals exhibit variations from controls in the expression, biogenesis, processing, or stability of any class of small RNA species in somatic cells. Small RNAs include microRNAs (miRNAs), tiny noncoding RNAs (tncRNAs), cluster of small X-chromosome derived RNAs (X cluster), and endogenous short interfering RNA (endo-siRNAs).
- extra gonadal sheath cells
Animals exhibit an increase in the number of somatic sheath cells surrounding each gonad arm compared to controls.
- somatic gonad precursor symmetrical sisters
All somatic gonad precursor (SGP) daughters adopt a proximal fate resulting in an increase in the number of AC precursor cells at the expense of distal tip cells (DTC), which are thereby absent.
- connection of gonad variant
Any variation that disrupts the connectivity between the somatic gonad and the adjoining tissues compared to control. In C. elegans this connnection is between the somatic gonad and the vulva in hermaphrodites and between the somatic gonad and proctodeum in males.