Article
Cell interactions coordinate the development of the C. elegans egg-laying system.
Cell - 21 Sept 1990
Thomas J H, Stern M J, Horvitz H R
Abstract excerpt
Egg laying by the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans requires the functioning of the vulva, the gonad, the egg-laying muscles, and the two HSN neurons, which innervate these muscles. By analyzing a newly isolated mutant (dig-1) that displaces the gonad, we discovered that cell interactions coordinate the spatial relationships among the different components of the egg-laying system. First, the gonad induces the...
Topics
- Animals
- Caenorhabditis
- Cell Movement
- Chromosome Mapping
- Female
- Mutation
- Neurons
- Oviposition
- Synapses
- Vulva