Parallel evolution of domesticated Caenorhabditis species targets pheromone receptor genes

Nature

Volumn 477, Issue 7364, 2011, Pages 321-325

  McGrath, Patrick T ^a   Xu, Yifan ^a   Ailion, Michael ^b   Garrison, Jennifer L ^a   Butcher, Rebecca A ^c   Bargmann, Cornelia I ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; PHEROMONE RECEPTOR;

ADAPTATION; CHEMORECEPTION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOMESTIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL SELECTION; NEMATODE; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EVOLUTION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GLYCOLIPIDS; HIBERNATION; LARVA; PHEROMONES; POPULATION DENSITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RECEPTORS, PHEROMONE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 80052849829     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10378     Document Type: Article

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