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C. elegans aversive olfactory learning generates diverse intergenerational effects.
Journal of neurogenetics - 1 Jan 2000
Pereira Ana Goncalves, Gracida Xicotencatl, Kagias Konstantinos, Zhang Yun
Abstract excerpt
Parental experience can modulate the behavior of their progeny. While the molecular mechanisms underlying parental effects or inheritance of behavioral traits have been studied under several environmental conditions, it remains largely unexplored how the nature of parental experience affects the information transferred to the next generation. To address this question, we used C. elegans, a nematode that feeds on...
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