<i>pat-2</i> functions in the muscle-mediated clearance of apoptotic MSpppaaa cells.

aPercentage of embryos with the MSpppaaa cell corpse at the indicated developmental stage, with the number of embryos scored in parentheses. bPercentage of MSpppaaa cell corpses labeled with the MYRI::mRFP or PAT-2Δcyto::GFPcircle at the indicated developmental stage, with the number of embryos scored in parentheses. cEmbryos at the stage when pharyngeal grinder formation had just finished were scored. dHomozygous progeny of unc-79(e1068) pat-2(st567); Ex[Ppat-2pat-2::gfp] mothers. eHomozygous progeny of the heterozygous cdc-42(gk388)/mIn1[mIs14 dpy-10(e128)] mothers. The transgenic worms were generated as described in Materials and Methods.