npr-1 Regulates Foraging and Dispersal Strategies in Caenorhabditis elegans

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 1694-1699

  Gloria Soria, Andrea ^a   Azevedo, Ricardo B R ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y RECEPTOR; NPR 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; NPR-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SELECTION (GENETICS);

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 55249095260     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.09.043     Document Type: Article

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