Distinct thermal migration behaviors in response to different thermal gradients in Caenorhabditis elegans

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 120-127

  Jurado, P ^a   Kodama, E ^b   Tanizawa, Y ^b   Mori, I ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior; Caenorhabditis elegans; Learning; Nematode; Temperature; Thermotaxis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CLIMATE CHANGE; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOT TEMPERATURE; LOCOMOTION; TEMPERATURE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 75749102193     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2009.00549.x     Document Type: Article

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