Developmental Plasticity, Straight from the Worm's Mouth

作者:Hartenstein Volker; Jacobs David*
来源:Cell, 2013, 155(4): 742-743.
DOI:10.1016/j.cell.2013.10.038

摘要

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.

  • 出版日期2013-11-7

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