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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