We found that the unc-68(e540) mutation decreased the penetrance of gamete degeneration; whereas all sacy-1(tm5503) gonad arms failed to produce fertilized embryos, 20% of sacy-1(tm5503); unc-68(e540) gonad arms produced fertilized embryos (Table 4). The fertilized embryos in sacy-1(tm5503); unc-68(e540) animals failed to hatch.
Mild uncoordinated movement, thin body shape and weak kinker phenotypes observed, but this was the same as unc-68(e540) alone. There are no phenotypes from the RNAi of csq-1 alone and no change in the unc-68(e540) animals after csq-1 RNAi.