Article
Natural variation in Pristionchus pacificus insect pheromone attraction involves the protein kinase EGL-4.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 3 Jun 2008
Hong Ray L, Witte Hanh, Sommer Ralf J
Abstract excerpt
The geographical mosaic theory of coevolution predicts that different local species interactions will shape population traits, but little is known about the molecular factors involved in mediating the specificity of these interactions. Pristionchus nematodes associate with different scarab beetles around the world, with Pristionchus pacificus isolated primarily from the oriental beetle in Japan. In particular,...
Topics
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Behavior, Animal
- Biodiversity
- Biological Evolution
- Coleoptera
- Cyclic GMP
- Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases
- Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated
- Gene Expression Regulation