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daf-42 is an evolutionarily young gene essential for dauer development in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Genetics - 9 Aug 2023
Lim Daisy S, Kim Jun, Kim Wonjoo, Kim Nari, Lee Sang-Hee, Lee Daehan, Lee Junho
Abstract excerpt
Under adverse environmental conditions, nematodes arrest into dauer, an alternative developmental stage for diapause. Dauer endures unfavorable environments and interacts with host animals to access favorable environments, thus playing a critical role in survival. Here, we report that in Caenorhabditis elegans, daf-42 is essential for development into the dauer stage, as the null mutant of daf-42 exhibited a "no...
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