Evidence for parallel processing of sensory information controlling dauer formation in Caenorhabditis elegans.

doi:10.1093/genetics/134.4.1105

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Evidence for parallel processing of sensory information controlling dauer formation in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Genetics - 1 Aug 1993

Thomas J H, Birnby D A, Vowels J J

Abstract excerpt

Dauer formation in Caenorhabditis elegans is induced by chemosensation of high levels of a constitutively secreted pheromone. Seven genes defined by mutations that confer a dauer-formation constitutive phenotype (Daf-c) can be congruently divided into two groups by any of three criteria. Group 1...

Topics

Animals
Caenorhabditis elegans
Cloning, Molecular
Larva
Models, Genetic
Mutation
Nervous System Physiological Phenomena
Phenotype
Pheromones
Suppression, Genetic

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