Genetic analysis of defecation in Caenorhabditis elegans.

doi:10.1093/genetics/124.4.855

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Genetic analysis of defecation in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Genetics - 1 Apr 1990

Thomas J H

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Defecation in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is achieved by a cyclical stereotyped motor program. The first step in each cycle is contraction of a set of posterior body muscles (pBoc), followed by contraction of a set of anterior body muscles (aBoc), and finally contraction of specialized an...

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Animals
Caenorhabditis
Chromosome Mapping
Defecation
Genes
Mutation
Phenotype
Time Factors

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