Quantitative assessment of pheromone-induced dauer formation in Caenorhabditis elegans

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1068, Issue , 2013, Pages 273-283

  Neal, Scott J ^a   Kim, Kyuhyung ^b   Sengupta, Piali ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ascaroside; C. elegans; Dauer larva; Pheromone

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAUER LARVA; LARVA; LARVAL STAGE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; LARVA; PHEROMONES; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84884181353     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-619-1_20     Document Type: Article

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