Quantitative Mapping of a Digenic Behavioral Trait Implicates Globin Variation in C. elegans Sensory Behaviors

Neuron

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 692-699

  McGrath, Patrick T ^a   Rockman, Matthew V ^b,c   Zimmer, Manuel ^a   Jang, Heeun ^a   Macosko, Evan Z ^a   Kruglyak, Leonid ^c   Bargmann, Cornelia I ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

DEVBIO; MOLNEURO; SIGNALING

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBIN; NEUROPEPTIDE RECEPTOR; OXYGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GLB 5 GENE; NERVE CELL; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NPR 1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SENSORY SYSTEM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CALCIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; MOVEMENT; OXYGEN; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RECEPTORS, NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SENSATION; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS;

EID: 61849084704     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2009.02.012     Document Type: Article

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