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Postembryonic neurons
Neuron Lineage Time of birth

AQR

QR Mid L1
AS class (11) Pn.p Late L1
AVFL/R W, P1.p Late L1
AVM QR Mid L1
DVB K.p Late L1
PDA Y L3 (transdifferentiation)
PDB P12.p Late L1
PDEL/R V5 Late L2
PHCL/R T Late L1
PLNL/R T Late L1
PQR QL Mid L1
PVDL/R V5 Late L2
PVM QL Mid L1
PVNL/R T Mid L2
PVWL/R T Mid L1
RMFL/R G2 Late L2
RMHL/R G1 Late L1
SDQL/R QL/R Mid L1
VA class (12) Pn.p Late L1
VB class (11) Pn.p Late L1
VC class (6) Pn.p Late L1
VD class (13) Pn.p Late L1
Hermaphrodite L1 hatches with 202 somatic and 20 pharyngeal neurons; 80 postembryonic neurons are later added to the somatic nervous system to make a total of 302 neurons (no new pharyngeal neurons are generated during the postembryonic stages). All male-specific neurons, except CEMs are born postembryonically.
Ciliated neurons
Neuron Number
ADE 2
ADF 2
ADL 2
AFD 2
ASE 2
ASG 2
ASH 2
ASI 2
ASJ 2
ASK 2
AQR 1
AWA 2
AWB 2
AWC 2
BAG 2
CEP 4
FLP 2
IL1 6
IL2 6
OLL 2
OLQ 4
PDE 2
PHA 2
PHB 2
PQR 1
PVR 2
Male-specific neurons
CEM 4
HOA 1
HOB 1
PCA 2
PHD 2
Ray-A neurons 18
Ray-B neurons 18
SPD 2
SPV 2
Total = 62 neurons are ciliated in hermaphrodites. In males, an additional 50 male-specific neurons are ciliated (4 in head, 46 in tail) (WA editors; Barr and Garcia, 2006)
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