Open AccessDevelopmental Plasticity, Straight from the Worm’s Mouth
Author(s) -
Volker Hartenstein,
David S. Jacobs
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304
H-Index - 776
eISSN - 1097-4172
pISSN - 0092-8674
DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2013.10.038
Subject(s) - biology , polyphenism , nematode , plasticity , phenotypic plasticity , evolutionary biology , developmental plasticity , taxon , ecology , exaptation , zoology , physics , thermodynamics
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.
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