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The Scientist,
1996]
Biologist H. Robert Horvitz discusses the genetics of cell death in the nematode C. elegans.
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Ann N Y Acad Sci,
1959]
This paper is addressed primarily to the unsolved problems of culturing Caenorhabditis briggsae axenically. Included also are some comparative studies of related rhabditid nematodes.
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Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci,
1985]
This paper provides a brief summary of the Caenorhabditis elegans cell lineage, the evidence for both intrinsic and extrinsic cell specification, and experiments that suggest mechanisms for cell differentiation and patterning.
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Curr Biol,
2005]
Two recent papers on social rearing and olfactory imprinting show that early developmental experiences can lead to long-lasting changes in behaviour of the model nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.
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International Journal of Developmental Biology,
1998]
Pleiotropy , a situation in which a single gene influences multiple phenotypic tra its, can arise in a variety of ways. This paper discusses possible underlying mechanisms and proposes a classification of the various phenomena involved.
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Genome Biol,
2001]
Two recent chromosome-wide screens for phenotypes caused by RNA-mediated interference (RNAi) in Caenorhabditis elegans have increased our understanding of essential genes in nematodes. These papers represent a major advance in functional genomics.
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Curr Biol,
2005]
The meiotic spindles of animal eggs move to extremely asymmetric positions, close to the cell cortex. A recent paper has identified a motor complex that may move the meiotic spindle toward the cortex in Caenorhabditis elegans eggs.
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ACS Chem Biol,
2006]
Identification of bioactive molecules and their targets impedes the process of drug development. In a recent paper, a genetically tractable organism, the Caenorhabditis elegans worm, is shown to be a viable screening system in which the drug target and the pathway it activates can be readily identified.
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Nature,
1990]
What molecular signalling machines tell a precursor cell to develop into a specialized structure? In one case, described in three papers, including that by Aroian et al. on page 693 of this issue, these machines turn out to be a receptor tyrosine kinase and a ras protein.
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Curr Biol,
2004]
Successful mitosis depends critically on the segregation of chromosomes by kinetochore microtubules. A recent paper describes a conserved protein network from Caenorhabditis elegans that is composed of three classes of molecules, each of which contributes uniquely to the building of the kinetochore-microtubule attachment site.