- uterine muscle variant
Any variation in the progression of the sex-specific muscles of the hermaphrodite, over time, whose contractions squeeze on the uterus to help move eggs towards the vulval opening compared to control (Wormatlas).
- uterine vulval cell development variant
Variations in the progression of the epithelial cells that form the interface between the uterus and the vulva (likely via a multilayered set of flaps) over time from an initial condition to a later condition compared to control animals (Wormatlas).
- uterine vulval cell morphology variant
Animals exhibit variations in the form, structure or composition of the epithelial cells that form the interface between the uterus and the vulva (likely via a multilayered set of flaps) compared to control animals (Wormatlas).
- no uterine cavity
Animals lack the inner space of the uterus through which the fertilized egg passes on its way out of the nematode via the vulva (Wormatlas).
- anchor cell fusion defective
Any perturbation that disrupts the fusion between the anchor cell and the surrounding utse syncytium. Such variations result in the loss of uterine-vulval connectivity and continuity.
- multiple anchor cells
Animals contain more than one anchor cell. In C. elegans, presumptive ventral uterine cells undergo fate transformation and instead acquire the properties of an anchor cell (often due to defects in lateral signaling).
- anchor cell invasion variant
Any variation in the process by which the gonad anchor cell makes contact with vulval cells in order to create a uterine-vulval connection. In C. elegans, this includes the loss of the basement membranes between these cells and the crossing of the basolateral portion of the anchor cell through this gap.
- hermaphrodite sex muscle morphology variant
Any variation in the form, structure or composition of the muscles of the adult hermaphrodite reproductive system compared to control. In C. elegans hermaphrodites these muscles include the vulval and uterine muscles, located near the vulva in the midbody, which all derive from the M myoblast (Wormatlas).