- dauer larva physiology variant
Animals in the dauer larval stage exhibit variations in their physiology (any biological process including but not limited to development, behavior, or metabolism) compared to controls.
- dauer defective
Failure to form dauer larvae under dauer-inducing conditions.
- dauer constitutive
Formation of dauer larvae under conditions that do not favor dauer formation.
- SDS sensitive dauer
Any variation that decreases the ability of dauer larva to tolerate the exposure to sodium dodecyl sulfate (a detergent) compared to control.
- dauer resistance to harsh conditions variant
Variations which lead to the decreased ability of dauer larva to survive at extreme conditions, such as high or low temperatures, the presence of dilute acids, detergents, anesthetics, or even fixatives, compared to control (Wormatlas).
- dauer nictation behavior variant
Any variation in the behavior exhibited by dauer larva in which they crawl up upon the substrate and wave back and forth while standing on their tail compared to control. Nictation is often associated with the search for a new host.
- dauer development phenotype
Any variation in the processes that govern development of the dauer larva, a developmentally arrested, larval stage that is specialized for survival under harsh, or otherwise unfavorable, environmental conditions. In C. elegans this is an alternative third larval stage.
- dauer cuticle variant
Any variation in the progression of the formation of the rigid external coating (which is secreted by the hypodermis, seam and some interfacial epithelial cells) during the dauer larva stage, compared to control animals (Wormatlas). The dauer larval stage is a developmentally arrested larval stage that is specialized for survival under harsh, or otherwise unfavorable environmental conditions.
- obsolete dauer arrest variant
OBSOLETE: Animals exhibit variations in the entry/exit into a state of arrested tissue development during the dauer larval stage in response to harsh environmental conditions, compared to control. In C. elegans, the dauer larva enters a state of arrest in which no developmental changes occur, until the animal finds more suitable growing conditions, or until it spontaneously shifts back into a normal developmental schedule. (WormAtlas).