Explanation of the movie:

The mnC1 homozygote on the left is paralyzed from the "neck" down due to an unc-52 mutation on chromosome II.  This "balancer" strain is used to map mutations to the region of chromosome II.  I made the animated GIF by using NIH image software.  For more information on balancers in C. elegans see the Genetic Balancers chapter of "Caenorhabditus elegans: Modern Biological Analysis of an Organism" Methods in Cell Biology, Volume 48 Academic Press.

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