WormMine: Phenotype WBPhenotype:0001314 vulval muscle variant

• Description: Any variation in the progression of the sex-specific muscles in the hermaphrodite, over time, that are specialized for egg-laying compared to control. In C. elegans the contractions of the vulval muscles open the lips of the vulva to help in expelling an egg from the uterus (Wormatlas).

0 RNAi

0 RNAi Not Observed

1 Children

Identifier	Name	Description
WBPhenotype:0001934	vulval muscle extension variant	Any variation in the extension of vulval muscles compared to control. In C. elegans contralateral vulval muscles fail to meet at the midline.

1 Data Sets

• WormBaseAcedbConverter

2 Parents

Identifier	Name	Description
WBPhenotype:0000282	hermaphrodite sex muscle development variant	Variations in the progression of the muscles of the adult hermaphrodite reproductive system over time form their initial formation to their mature structure compared to control.
WBPhenotype:0002551	anatomical phenotype	A phenotype affecting a particular anatomical entity.

1 Phenotype Allele

Public Name
nr2061

0 Phenotype Allele Not Observed

1 Synonyms

• Name: vulval muscle abnormal