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Measuring Food Intake and Nutrient Absorption in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Genetics - 1 Jun 2015
Gomez-Amaro Rafael L, Valentine Elizabeth R, Carretero Maria, LeBoeuf Sarah E, Rangaraju Sunitha, Broaddus Caroline D, Solis Gregory M, Williamson James R, Petrascheck Michael
Abstract excerpt
Caenorhabditis elegans has emerged as a powerful model to study the genetics of feeding, food-related behaviors, and metabolism. Despite the many advantages of C. elegans as a model organism, direct measurement of its bacterial food intake remains challenging. Here, we describe two complementary methods that measure the food intake of C. elegans. The first method is a microtiter plate-based bacterial clearing...
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