Required for initiation and continuation of postembryonic mitotic cell divisions of gonadal cells Z1 and Z4. Zygotic expression is necessary for hermaphrodite fertility. May be a cation channel. Gonads. Expressed both maternally and zygotically during embryonic development. Zygotic expression starts during early embryonic cleavage. Belongs to the transient receptor (TC 1.A.4) family. LTrpC subfamily.