Multigenic natural variation underlies Caenorhabditis elegans olfactory preference for the bacterial pathogen Serratia marcescens

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 265-276

  Glater, Elizabeth E ^a   Rockman, Matthew V ^b   Bargmann, Cornelia I ^c  

^a HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Olfaction natural variation; Serratia marcescens

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EFFECT SIZE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRAIT; LABORATORY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SERRATIA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SMELLING; SOIL MICROFLORA; UNITED STATES; WILD TYPE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NATURAL VARIATION; OLFACTION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; FOOD PREFERENCES; GENETIC VARIATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SMELL;

EID: 84894559678     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.113.008649     Document Type: Article

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