Screening for mutants with phenotypic defects is a straightforward method for identifying genes that function in a given biological process. In this article we describe how to culture free living worms (e.g., Pristionchus pacificus) in the laboratory and show two different mutagenesis methods, EMS and TMP/UV.
Chaudhuri, J., Parihar, M., Pires-daSilva, A. An Introduction to Worm Lab: from Culturing Worms to Mutagenesis. J. Vis. Exp. (47), e2293, doi:10.3791/2293 (2011).