Caenorhabditis elegans genomic response to soil bacteria predicts environment-specific genetic effects on life history traits

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Coolon, Joseph D ^a   Jones, Kenneth L ^a   Todd, Timothy C ^a   Carr, Bryanua C ^a   Herman, Michael A ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GRASSLAND; HEREDITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIFESPAN; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SOIL MICROFLORA; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, HELMINTH; GENOME, HELMINTH; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 67651019034     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000503     Document Type: Article

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