Developmental plasticity, straight from the worm's mouth.
basic_science · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 24209614.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2013.10.038 and PMC identifier 4045611.
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Abstract
Developmental plasticity in response to environmental conditions (polyphenism) plays an important role in evolutionary theory. Analyzing the nematode taxon Pristionchus, Ragsdale et al. demonstrate that a single gene underlies the nematode's ability to develop distinct mouth forms in response to environmental changes.
Medical subject headings
- Nematoda
- Sulfatases