Article
Genetic analysis of chemosensory control of dauer formation in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Genetics - 1 Jan 1992
Vowels J J, Thomas J H
Abstract excerpt
Dauer larva formation in Caenorhabditis elegans is controlled by chemosensory cells that respond to environmental cues. Genetic interactions among mutations in 23 genes that affect dauer larva formation were investigated. Mutations in seven genes that cause constitutive dauer formation, and mutations in 16 genes that either block dauer formation or result in the formation of abnormal dauers, were analyzed. Double...
Topics
- Animals
- Caenorhabditis
- Chemoreceptor Cells
- Cilia
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Epistasis, Genetic
- Genes
- Genetic Complementation Test
- Larva
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Signal Transduction
