Life History Responses and Gene Expression Profiles of the Nematode Pristionchus pacificus Cultured on Cryptococcus Yeasts. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Nematodes, the earth's most abundant metazoa are found in all ecosystems. In order to survive in diverse environments, they have evolved distinct feeding strategies and they can use different food sources.
Gaurav V Sanghvi +5 more
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Nematode genome announcement: A chromosome-scale genome assembly for the Pristionchus pacificus reference mapping strain PS1843 [PDF]
Journal of NematologyPristionchus pacificus is a free-living nematode that shares many features with Caenorhabditis elegans, such as its short generation time and hermaphroditism, but also exhibits novel traits, i.e., a mouth-form dimorphism that enables predation.
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Comparative genomics and community curation further improve gene annotations in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus [PDF]
BMC Genomics, 2020 Background Nematode model organisms such as Caenorhabditis elegans and Pristionchus pacificus are powerful systems for studying the evolution of gene function at a mechanistic level. However, the identification of P.
Marina Athanasouli +6 more
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Biosynthesis of modular signaling molecules requires functional diversification of carboxylesterases in Pristionchus pacificus [PDF]
Communications BiologyThe entomophilic roundworm Pristionchus pacificus produces a group of complex ascaroside pheromones (e.g., ubas#1), which are built with various intermediates originating from primary metabolic pathways. However, the exact biosynthetic pathways resulting
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Description of Pristionchus endotocus n. sp., a new obligately bagging androdioecious species from the Philippines [PDF]
Journal of NematologyPristionchus pacificus is an important model organism with a well-developed suite of molecular tools and a genomic dataset. Studies that integrate population genetics, ecology, and evo-devo in P.
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Introduction to Pristionchus pacificus anatomy [PDF]
Journal of Nematology, 2021 Nathan E. Schroeder
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Environmental influence on Pristionchus pacificus mouth form through different culture methods [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2017 Environmental cues can impact development to elicit distinct phenotypes in the adult. The consequences of phenotypic plasticity can have profound effects on morphology, life cycle, and behavior to increase the fitness of the organism.
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Ecology and Evolution, 2013 The hermaphroditic nematode Pristionchus pacificus is a model organism with a range of fully developed genetic tools. The species is globally widespread and highly diverse genetically, consisting of four major independent lineages (lineages A, B, C, and ...
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cGMP-dependent pathway and a GPCR kinase are required for photoresponse in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus. [PDF]
PLoS GeneticsLight sensing is a critical function in most organisms and is mediated by photoreceptor proteins and phototransduction. Although most nematodes lack eyes, some species exhibit phototaxis.
Kenichi Nakayama +4 more
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The logic of transgenerational inheritance in a nematode worm [PDF]
iScienceSummary: Epigenetic inheritance of environmentally induced phenotypes across generations has been observed in multiple taxa. However, the dynamics of non-genetic inheritance as a consequence of environmental variability remains poorly understood.
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