Article
A developmental switch coupled to the evolution of plasticity acts through a sulfatase.
Cell - 7 Nov 2013
Ragsdale Erik J, Müller Manuela R, Rödelsperger Christian, Sommer Ralf J
Abstract excerpt
Developmental plasticity has been suggested to facilitate phenotypic diversity, but the molecular mechanisms underlying this relationship are little understood. We analyzed a feeding dimorphism in Pristionchus nematodes whereby one of two alternative adult mouth forms is executed after an irreversible developmental decision. By integrating developmental genetics with functional tests in phenotypically divergent...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Biological Evolution
- Female
- Gene Duplication
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Nematoda