WormMine: Phenotype WBPhenotype:0000380 expulsion infrequent

• Description: The final step of the defecation motor program does not occur at each cycle, but is activated occasionally. During this step in C. elegans specialized enteric muscles contract to expel the contents of the gut through the anus.

0 RNAi

0 RNAi Not Observed

0 Children

1 Data Sets

• WormBaseAcedbConverter

1 Parents

Identifier	Name	Description
WBPhenotype:0000996	expulsion defective	Animals exhibit defects in the expulsion of gut contents. In C. elegans, this refers to the final step of the defecation cycle in which the intestinal muscle and anal depressor contractions further pressurize intestinal contents and open the anus to permit expulsion.

6 Phenotype Allele

Public Name
sa96
sa201
ut9
e950
e156
ok778

0 Phenotype Allele Not Observed

0 Synonyms