Sex, bugs and Haldane's rule: the nematode genus Pristionchus in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The nematode Pristionchus pacificus has been developed as a satellite organism in evolutionary developmental biology for comparison to Caenorhabditis elegans. Comparative studies have revealed major differences in the regulation of developmental processes between P. pacificus and C. elegans. To place evolutionary developmental biology and the observed developmental differences between species in a comprehensive evolutionary context, such studies have to be complemented with ecological aspects. Knowledge about the ecology of the organism in question might indicate specific environmental conditions that can result in developmental adaptations and could account for species differences in development. To this end, we have started to investigate the ecology of Pristionchus ne

SUBMITTER: Herrmann M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1578557 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature