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Expression of POS-1 in the maternal germline causes sterility in the next generation
The image shows multiple C. elegans young adult hermaphrodites with a 3ʹUTR deletion mutation in the pos-1 gene. POS-1 protein is colored in cyan and PGL-1 protein is colored in purple. One worm in the middle of the field appears to lack both POS-1 and PGL-1. This animal displays the partially penetrant sterility phenotype caused by failure to maintain the germline in the pos-1 3ʹUTR deletion mutation. Varderesian et al. 2026
Image Credit: Haik Varderesian and Sean Ryder
Citation: (2026) PLoS Genetics Issue Image | Vol. 22(5) July 2026. PLoS Genet 22(5): ev22.i05. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pgen.v22.i05
Published: July 27, 2026
Copyright: © 2026 . This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
The image shows multiple C. elegans young adult hermaphrodites with a 3ʹUTR deletion mutation in the pos-1 gene. POS-1 protein is colored in cyan and PGL-1 protein is colored in purple. One worm in the middle of the field appears to lack both POS-1 and PGL-1. This animal displays the partially penetrant sterility phenotype caused by failure to maintain the germline in the pos-1 3ʹUTR deletion mutation. Varderesian et al. 2026
Image Credit: Haik Varderesian and Sean Ryder