Pheromones: Evolving Language of Chemical Communication in Nematodes

作者:Braendle Christian*
来源:Current Biology, 2012, 22(9): R294-R296.
DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2012.03.035

摘要

New research reveals how the intricate repertoire of ascarosides - small molecules acting as multifaceted pheromones in the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans - has evolved in divergent nematode taxa occupying contrasted ecological niches.

  • 出版日期2012-5-8