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Table II
Fully characterized balancers that are in common use in C. elegans

Balancer Region covered Reference strain Use Stability Origin Derivatives

eDp6[unc-119] (III;f)
( Hodgkin, 1980 )

tra-1 and vab-7 CB1517 Screens ( Hodgkin, 1986;

Hunter and Wood,
1990 )

Acetyaldehyde ctDp2 (III;f)

32P (120 J/m 2 ) eT1[unc-36] (III;V)

( Rosenbluth and
Baillie, 1981;
Rosenbluth et al.,
1985 )

Left LG V through
unc-23 and right
LG III to unc-36

BC2200 Strain construction

( Jones et al., 2009 )
screens ( Adames et al.,
1998; Johnsen and
Baillie, 1991; Stewart
et al., 1991 )

Extremely
stable

hln1 (1) ( Zetka and Rose,
1992 )

unc-75 to unc-54 KR2267 Strain construction

screens ( Lee et al.,
1994 )

Very stable 1500 R gamma hDf11

hDf12
hDp131
hDp132

hT1[let-x](1;V)
( McKim et al.,
1988a )

Left LG1 through let-
80 and left LG V
through dpy-11

Screens ( Howell and
Rose, 1990 )

Very stable Gamma irradiation

hT2 [bli-4] (I;III)
( McKim et al.,
1988a , 1993)

Left LG I through to
between unc-101
and unc-59, right
LG III through to
dpy-17

Strain maintenance 1500 R gamma

irradiation

hDp134
(I;III;f)

hT3 [unc-29] (I;X)
( McKim et al., 1993 )

Left LG I through to
let-363 and right
LG X through to
between dpy-7
and unc-3

Very stable 1500-3000 R gamma

irradiation

hDp135
(I;X;f)

mln1 (II) ( Edgley and
Riddle, 2001 )

lin-31 through rol-1 DR1753 Strain construction Very stable 1500 R (450 R/min)

Gamma irradiation

GFP

mT1 (II;III) ( Edgley and
Riddle, 2001 )

Right LG II through
to between bli-2
and dpy-10, and
the right of LG III
through to
between daf-2 and
unc-93

DR1753 Very stable 1500 R (450 R/min)

gamma irradiation