Caenorhabditis elegans behavioral genetics: where are the knobs?

BMC Biol

Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 6000 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390-9148, USA.

Published: June 2010

Thousands of behavioral mutants of Caenorhabditis elegans have been studied. I suggest a set of criteria by which some genes important in the evolution of behavior might be recognized, and identify neuropeptide signaling pathways as candidates.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2882361PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-8-69DOI Listing

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