Conspecific cues modulate body size in Caenorhabditis elegans
Many organisms change their life history, size, and shape in response to environmental signals. Although touted as a ‘developmentally hardwired’ system, the soil-dwelling nematode C. elegans is no exception. Previous research has shown that sensory perception mutants are smaller than wild-type worms...
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University of British Columbia
2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/7557 |