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The homeobox gene lim-6 is required for distinct chemosensory representations in C. elegans.
Nature - 5 Apr 2001
Pierce-Shimomura J T, Faumont S, Gaston M R, Pearson B J, Lockery S R
Abstract excerpt
The ability to discriminate between different chemical stimuli is crucial for food detection, spatial orientation and other adaptive behaviours in animals. In the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, spatial orientation in gradients of soluble chemoattractants (chemotaxis) is controlled mainly by a single pair of chemosensory neurons. These two neurons, ASEL and ASER, are left-right homologues in terms of the...
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