Abstract
ABSTRACT The technique of countercurrent separation has been used to isolate 17 independent chemotaxis-defective mutants of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. The mutants, selected to be relatively insensitive to the normally attractive salt NaCl, show varying degrees of residual sensitivity; some are actually weakly repelled by NaCl. The mutants are due to single gene defects, are autosomal and recessive, and identify at least five complementation groups.
Keywords
ComplementationBiologyCaenorhabditis elegansMutantChemotaxisGeneticsCaenorhabditisNematodeMutationGene
MeSH Terms
AnimalsBreedingChemotaxisCountercurrent DistributionEthyl MethanesulfonateFemaleGenesRecessiveGeneticsBehavioralMaleMutagensMutationNematodaNervous SystemSelectionGeneticSodium Chloride
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- 1975
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- 80
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 297-309
- Citations
- 138
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David B. Dusenbery,
Robert E. Sheridan,
Richard L. Russell
(1975).
CHEMOTAXIS-DEFECTIVE MUTANTS OF THE NEMATODE <i>CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS</i>.
Genetics
, 80
(2)
, 297-309.
https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/80.2.297
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- DOI
- 10.1093/genetics/80.2.297
- PMID
- 1132687
- PMCID
- PMC1213328