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Normal and mutant thermotaxis in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.

Year: 1975

Type: article

Abstract: When grown at a temperature from 16 degrees to 25 degrees and placed on a thermal gradient, the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans migrates to its growth temperature and then moves isothermally. Behavioral adaptation to a new temperature takes several hours. Starved animals, in contrast, disperse from the growth temperature. Several mutants selected for chemotaxis defects have thermotaxis defects as well; these behaviors depend on some common gene products. New mutants selected directly for thermotaxis defects have unusual phenotypes which suggest mechanisms for thermotaxis.

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.72.10.4061

Authors: E M Hedgecock, R L Russell

Institution: California Institute of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

Subfield: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, U.S. Public Health Service

OpenAlex ID: W2118590890

FWCI: 1.199

Cites: 11

Cited by: 576

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