Nat. Cell Biol. 15, 143–156 (2013); published online 20th January 2013; corrected online 11th February 2013

In the version of this Article that was originally published, the first sentence of the second paragraph under the heading 'An RNAi modifier screen reveals a requirement of AQP-8/aquaporin for the ERM-1[++] excretory canal phenotype' (in the Results section) should have read: “Suppression of aqp-8(RNAi) was confirmed in...” The first sentence in the caption of Fig. 1i–l" should have read: “ERM-1 dose-dependently restricts canal extension.” The caption for Fig. 1o should have read: “1/4-extended canal with aligning vacuoles.”

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