Genetic Control of Temperature Preference in the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
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Genetic control of temperature preference in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.
Animals modify behavioral outputs in response to environmental changes. C. elegans exhibits thermotaxis, where well-fed animals show attraction to their cultivation temperature on a thermal gradient without food. We show here that feeding-state-dependent modulation of thermotaxis is a powerful behavioral paradigm for elucidating the mechanism underlying neural plasticity, learning, and memory i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Genetics
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1943-2631
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.104.036111