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Table 1 Species and strain genotypes used to create experimental communities

From: Demographic consequences of reproductive interference in multi-species communities

Species

Strain: genotypea

Phenotype

Tendency to receive male sperm

C. briggsae

JU610: mfIs5[Cbr-egl-17::GFP; Cel-myo-2::GFP]

GFP-marked ‘wild type’ facultative outcrossing hermaphrodites

Moderate

C. briggsae

VX0262: Cbr-she-1(v83)

‘Feminized’ females and males

High

C. briggsae

DY199: Cbr-lin-39(bh23)

‘Vulvaless’ selfing hermaphrodites

Low

C. nigoni b

VX0090: mfIs42[Cel-sid-2; Cel-myo-2::DsRed2]

DsRed-marked females and ‘harmful’ males

High

C. elegans

PD4790: mIs12 II [myo-2p::GFP + pes-10p::GFP + F22B7.9p::GFP]

GFP-marked ‘wild type’ facultative outcrossing hermaphrodites

Moderate

C. elegans

JK574: fog-2(q71)

‘Feminized’ females and males

High

C. elegans

PS436: let-60(sy93)

‘Vulvaless’ selfing hermaphrodites

Low

  1. aCbr-she-1 [44], Cbr-lin-39 [80], PD4790 [81], fog-2 [82], let-60 [55]
  2. bSame isofemale strain genotype of C. nigoni was used in both experiments as the source of heterospecific male sperm