Host-finding behaviour in the nematode pristionchus pacificus

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1722, 2011, Pages 3260-3269

  Brown, Federico D ^a,b   D'Anna, Isabella ^a   Sommer, Ralf J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Ambush; Behavioural genetics; Body waving; Host attachment; Nictation; Pristionchus pacificus

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CORRELATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST SELECTION; JUVENILE; NEMATODE; OPTIMIZATION; SURVIVAL;

MASCARENE ISLANDS; REUNION;

ANIMALIA; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; NEMATODA; PRISTIONCHUS PACIFICUS;

EID: 80053219761     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0129     Document Type: Article

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