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Pheromone modulates two phenotypically plastic traits – adult reproduction and larval diapause – in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

BACKGROUND: Animals use information from their environment to make decisions, ultimately to maximize their fitness. The nematode C. elegans has a pheromone signalling system, which hitherto has principally been thought to be used by worms in deciding whether or not to arrest their development as lar...

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Published in:BMC Evol Biol
Main Authors: Wharam, Barney, Weldon, Laura, Viney, Mark
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5568714/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28830356
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-1033-9
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